Microsoft undercutting ebXML
[link|http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/23/technology/23soft.html|Microsoft Creates a Stir in Its Work With the U.N.]
"But Microsoft did not seek any attention for a much smaller amount that it contributed earlier to pay some travel expenses for a United Nations business standards group.
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That payment, critics say, had a much more opportunistic motive than the big donation.
Several software industry executives and technologists contend that Microsoft has been moving behind the scenes to undercut support for a set of business-to-business electronic transaction standards jointly developed by the United Nations and an industry-sponsored international standards group. "
