Editing Open standard (section)

==== Microsoft's definition ====
{{see also|Microsoft Open Specification Promise}}
Vijay Kapoor, national technology officer, [[Microsoft]], defines what open standards are as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/fcreative.asp?edid=27036|title=OOXML: To Be, or Not To Be<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=efytimes.com|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref>

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Let's look at what an open standard means: 'open' refers to it being royalty-free, while 'standard' means a technology approved by formalized committees that are open to participation by all interested parties and operate on a consensus basis. An open standard is publicly available, and developed, approved and maintained via a collaborative and consensus driven process.
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Overall, Microsoft's relationship to open standards was, at best, mixed. While Microsoft participated in the most significant standard-setting organizations that establish open standards, it was often seen as oppositional to their adoption.<ref name="CassonRyan2006">{{Citation |ssrn=1656616 |author1=Casson, Tony |author2=Ryan, Patrick S. |contribution=Open Standards, Open Source Adoption in the public sector, and their relationship to Microsoft's market dominance |date=May 1, 2006 |title=Standards edge: unifier or divider? |editor=Sherrie Bolin |page=87 |publisher=Sheridan Books }}</ref>