alliance

A group of companies working together (in an anti-trustRefers to laws preventing competing companies from anti-competitive behavior. fashion) to promote a particular protocol or set of protocolsAn agreed way of doing something. Like a convention, except that protocols tend to be related to processes.. They’re like a standards bodyA group of companies getting together in a manner consistent with anti-trust laws to agree on how to do things. Rather than limiting competition, this is intended to foster competition by getting agreement on some basic thing (like wall sockets having 110 V) and then letting companies compete on that basis., but they don’t have the official imprimatur of a standardsA way of doing something specific that has been agreed by multiple parties in an official manner. Some "standards" aren't official standards; the best ones have been established in an open fashion, where anyone with an interest can contribute and where large companies can't push little companies around. body.