Here is a fun game for long car rides: One person names a respected standard implemented by dozens of IT companies, and the other person names Microsoft’s competing technology. Example: MPEG Audio (MP3\/AAC) – Windows Media Audio.<\/p>\n
(When you have run out of examples, you can try this game with other major players in the IT business.)<\/p>\n
Let’s play this game in the comments to this blog entry: Just add as many of these pairs that you can think of – extra points if Microsoft’s technology has a closed specification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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