A colleague sent along a press release entitled [i] Developers Enthusiastically Embrace the IT “Declaration of Independence” Sponsored by The Open Group[/i].
The [b]”Declaration”[/b] calls for the adoption and protection of open standards by corporations, governments, organizations, and individuals to ensure a fair competitive marketplace, to give information technology customers freedom of choice and provide interoperability among all vendors.
The text of the [b]”Declaration”[/b] can be found at the Opengroup.org Web site:
http://www.opengroup.org/declaration/declaration.htm
The cynic ]:) in me notices that the sponsors of this group are basically the largest and most vocal competitors of Microsoft, which makes me wonder about the veracity of their commitment to open source development and question the worth of their IT [b]”Declaration of Independence”[/b]. ;\
As a developer, what do you think about this organization and the declaration? Will you sign it? Is it just a dig against Microsoft or is there merit in it that I don’t see?