Let's examine some of Microsoft's "Standards", shalle we?

ActiveX - the easiest way to get server-side script to infect your PC with malicious software.

FrontPage - used to build Web pages that can be properly viewed only on a specific version of a specific OS, if the client is using a specific version of a specific Office package. Confused? OK, here: one of my users build a Web site using FrontPage that can be hosted *only* on a Windows 2000 server, and can be properly viewed *only* on IE 6 or later and *only* if the client has MS Office 2000 installed. Won't work on Office 97, nor on Office 2003, nor on Office 2007.

WMA and WMV - yeah, those are real "standards," aren't they?

NTFS - which varies according to which version of Windows was used to format the drive.

Anyone else want to play?