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To: Paul Franceus who wrote (798)12/20/1998 10:50:00 PM
From: g_m10  Read Replies (3) of 20297
 
Paul and Benny,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

My guess is that the "OFX 2.0" spec from Micro$oft probably follows their usual method of making something proprietary that is "close" to a standard, but not compatible with real standards.

Inside MS they call this tactic "De-commoditize protocols & applications". Says recently leaked MS internal document (Infamous Halloween Document) :

De-commoditize protocols & applications

OSS projects have been able to gain a foothold in many server applications because of the wide utility of highly commoditized, simple protocols. By extending these protocols and developing new protocols, we can deny OSS projects entry into the market.

opensource.org

In that particular document OSS stands for Open Source Software, but OFX would perfectly fit in OFX's place.

Well, they've failed with Java, they will fail with OFX.
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