Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Others Form Huge Standards Consortium

[bonkers325]

Some of the world's biggest high-tech companies - and some of the largest corporate egos - today said they are forming a consortium designed to arrive at a set of unified technology and business standards for e-commerce. Microsoft Corp., Intel, IBM, Compaq, Dell and about two dozen other companies all are members of the new industry group, dubbed the "Business Internet Consortium

 

[DABANSHEE]

Actually this sort of thing happens all the time.

 

[SuperTool]

Yawn. If I had a dollar for every time companies get together to make standards, I would be loaded. Most of these standards don't last too long.
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<< a consortium designed to arrive at a set of unified technology and business standards for e-commerce >>

says absolutely nothing to me.

 

[pamchenko]

first thing they should settle on is making our cellular network more accessible in rural areas...like ithaca for example so buying a palm VII would make sense...I wish I could use my stupid phone indoors too

 

[Moogle]

The companies involved have been doing this a very long time (mostly to beat off competition and establish IIS/SQL as the main choice for the all-in-one web solution.. the Compaq/Dell as the server for running it, and IBM twiddling it's thumbs and wishing it could get back into the game.) and pimp each other regularly. It's just now they're coming out and announcing it

 

[Spicollidriver1]

Is this like the one that has colonel Sanders in it.

 

[KingHam]

The Pentaveret(sp?).

KingHam