It sounds quite contradictory to sneak around and get big signatures on a finalized document you are promoting as an "open" cloud manifesto. If that's the story, it's highly suspect from the get go. Of course, we haven't seen the document and we only know Microsoft's side of the story.
But if what they say is true, it looks from the outside like the individuals or companies putting on this show are running scared trying to solicit big support to retain power. It's exactly the kind of thing we don't need in our industry. It's the kind of thing that has brought down the world economy.
It's exceptionally shady at best.
- Randall
CTO & Founder
Qrimp, Inc.
http://www.qrimp.com