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RE: ebXML & Microsoft's Business Collaboration Framework
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Dwight Andrews wrote:
> Now I don't know if Microsoft was trying to buy Ray and Klaus. And I
> don't know if they even "turned their back on ebXML". What I do know is
> that they received a lot of publicity out of the article.
Dwight,
It could be that I'm not wise to the ways of the world, but what confuses
me most is what kind of advantage greater use of Microsoft's BCF standards
could provide them. I expect that these new BCF standards will remain
free for use without royalty fees, just as is ebXML. I also can't imagine
Microsoft using their embrace-and-extend approach to help lock-in users to
a single eBusiness solution with them spearheading standards development
from the get-go. What are your thoughts on their motivation with this?
Ultimately, I wonder how this will affect others' support for ebXML stuff.
> >I'm not sure it should be that puzzling. Seems to me (I don't recall
> >the details too clearly) that just after the ebXML specifications were
> >finalized, that IBM did it's best to distance itself from ebXML by
> >helping to start up WS-I and carry the Web Services banner.
> >Frankly, this rings of the aspect of standards that annoys me the most.
> >Politics and competition. They say the beauty of standards is that
> >there are so many to choose from. That's because, when you get right
> >down to it, there isn't a single business that's in it for altruistic
> >reasons...they're looking for their niche, their advantage. And if
> >that means changing sides or doing end runs around the other guy, then
> >that's what they're going to do. On the other hand, the fun part is
> >watching everybody do the next big thing gavotte every 6-18 months.
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