Redmond man unmasked: UK.gov open standards stalled

Some things never change! The Register reports the UK government has had to delay closure of talks on open standards in public sector IT following what it called a "conflict of interest" involving a Microsoft consultant. It is Microsoft trying to influence decisions about open standards like they did with the OOXML standard. Open standards are of course not Microsofts interests because it gives everybody else the opportunity to make a alternative Office package with 100% compatibility.