1. fud wars
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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Definitions of fud wars
