But few corporations retain a single hardware or software standard, he said.

Sharp's attempts to sell products based on other companies' software standards have been disappointments.

It offers an effective model for software industrial standards.

The agreement means that the personal computer industry has moved a step closer to universal software standards, at least in this one area.

Another software standard that has come under attack lately also fought back.

The challenge to Microsoft is that it may find itself losing control of the basic software standards driving the computer industry.

This is a developing service which should also develop software standards in the future.

Talks broke off between rival computer-industry groups trying to set software standards.

The organization will develop a new set of software standards.

China agreed to adopt Unix as its national software standard.