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Microsoft spawns standards-setting subsidiary

Microsoft wants so very much to be open that it’s created a brand new subsidiary to shoulder the work.

Called Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc., the company will be run by a longtime Microsoft standards player, Jean Paoli. The point is to “advance the company’s investment in openness — including interoperability, open standards and open source,” Paoli said in a blog post announcing the spinoff.
via Wired

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