The UK's battle for open standards
Simon Wardley,
May 03, 2012
Interesting item on a well-meaning attempt to establish open technology standards in Britain that has been hijacked by paid lobbyists pressuring the government to reverse course. "'Software patent heavyweights piled into the first public meeting,' filling the room with unrepresentative views backed up by vendors flying in senior individuals from the U.S. It apparently seems that the chair of the roundtable was himself a paid lobbyist working on behalf of those vested interests, a fact that he forgot to mention to the Cabinet Office. Microsoft has now been 'accused of trying to secretly influence government consultation.'"
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