1, [from {FUD}] Historically, political posturing engaged in by
hardware and software vendors ostensibly committed to standardization
but actually willing to fragment the market to protect their own
shares. The Unix International vs.: OSF conflict about Unix standards
was one outstanding example; Microsoft vs. Netscape vs. W3C about
HTML standards is another.
2. Since about 2000 the FUD wars have a different character; the
battle over open standards has been partly replaced and partly
subsumed by the argument between closed- and {open source}
proponents. Nowadays, accordingly, the term is most likely to be used
of anti-open-source propaganda emitted by Microsoft. Compare
{astroturfing}.
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