23 Jun
                
                    2005
                
            
            
                23 Jun
                
                '05
                
            
            
            
        
    
                1:07 a.m.
            
        My comment was wrt your assertion that MS realizes that NOT being in a standards body is an opportunity lost. I do not believe it can be characterized as a lost opportunity for MS if some set of developers (not me) think that it is fine to use those specs with
should be without not with....
them being in a standards body. What is their incentive? What additional benefit do they accrue from moving the spec into a standards body?
Let me be absolutely clear. Entertaining these specifications as a basis for profile work in OGSA will be a disincentive for moving those specifications into an SDO.