The outlook is looking a bit cloudy for harmony on standards in the cloud computing space.

Several companies working on a so-called "Open Cloud Manifesto" plan to release a copy of the document on March 30. The manifesto essentially lays out standards and practices to be adhered to in the delivery of cloud computing environments.

However, in a March 26 blog post, Steven Martin, Microsoft's senior director of developer platform management, said he believes the manifesto as it stands today is biased to benefit the authors of the document more than others. Martin acknowledged that Microsoft was shown the manifesto in a closed door meeting with backers of the document, apparently in an effort to get Microsoft onboard. But, as is evident in Martin's post, Microsoft has declined.

And it appears Microsoft is not alone. On March 27, Amazon came out and basically said "no thanks" to the manifesto as well. In a statement, an Amazon spokeswoman said.

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