What’s Microsoft’s beef on publishing?

Bill McCoy, general manager, of Adobe’s e-publishing business says Microsoft is trying to push its proprietary ways into the publishing world that demands open, interoperable standards. He blogs: “Not content with pandering to publishers by viciously attacking Google as a scofflaw, Microsoft is also insulting their intelligence by promoting Microsoft-proprietary Windows-Vista-centric solutions for digital publishing. New evidence just in of their unilateralist intentions: Microsoft has officially resigned their membership in the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). So what’s Microsoft’s beef with publishers and vendors coming together to establish open interoperable standards, unencumbered by patent minefields?”