1/26/2007 5:44:20 PM, by Jeremy Reimer

In a statement released this morning, Simon Awde, chairman of the European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS), accused Microsoft of scheming to "hijack HTML" and wrestle control of the World Wide Web away from open standards. His specific beef: the XAML markup language, which will ship next week to consumers as part of Windows Vista.

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