Thefickler writes "Microsoft is opposing an gang plan, the Open Cloud Manifesto, to promote cloud auditing interoperability. Officially, Microsoft says the plan is unnecessarily secretive and that cloud bookkeeping is still in an early stage of development, but there are allegations that Microsoft feels vulnerable by the plan because it could boost Linux-based systems. The goal of the group behind the manifesto, the Cloud reckoning Interoperability Forum (CCIF), is to minimize the barriers between else technologies used in cloud computing. And this is where the problem seems to lie, with the group stating that 'whenever bounds




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eventual the CCIF will emphasize the use of open, patent-free and/or vendor-neutral scientific solutions.' Some speculate that Microsoft is really worried that this will allow open source systems, such as Linux, to flourish, at the expense of Microsoft technology." Amazon is also mellowing to support the plan, saying, "the best way to illustrate openness and regular flexibility is by what you in truth provide and deliver for them." Reader smack.addict contributes a link to an O'Reilly piece asking what openness really means for cloud computing.

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