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Are competing standards just slowing the advances of new technology, or are they good for the market? Read about the Web services standards wars and decide for yourself.
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Competing standards good, competing standards bad

(05 May 2004)

With multiple standards bodies, standards from the same body covering similar related areas, and de-facto standards from individual organisations it is inevitable that there will be multiple standards covering the same problem space. IT-Director.com's Peter Abrahams comments on the ramifications.

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NEWS:
>> IBM, Microsoft on opposite sides of standards fence (SearchWebServices.com) 22 Jan 2004
>> Liberty releases ID standards for Web services (SearchWebServices.com) 12 Nov 2003
>> Sun exec: Beware of vendor restrictions on Web services standards (SearchWebServices.com) 09 Apr 2003
>> Who will set agent standards? (IT-Director.com, special to SearchWebServices.com) 20 Dec 2002
>> Standards stalemate shouldn't delay SOA, Gartner says () 24 Nov 2003
>> Standards group shakes up Web services (CNET) 30 Apr 2003
>> Standards fights slow Web services (Application Development Trends) 09 Apr 2003
>> Standards slow embedded PKI growth (eWEEK) 20 Jul 2001
>> XML pioneer clears up standards stew (CNET) 28 Apr 2004
>> Snail's pace of standards spawns frustration (Internet News) 31 Mar 2004
>> Ignore standards for Web services security (vnunet) 06 Nov 2003
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>> Best Web Links-->Related Protocols and APIs
>> Best Web Links-->Web Services Basics-->Standards and Consortia
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>> The great Web services standards war
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