International Call for Open Standards

tengu1sd writes "The New York Times is carrying a report urging nations to adopt open-information technology standards as 'a vital step to accelerate economic growth, efficiency and innovation'. Sponsored by The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard, it also points out that 'open technology standards - the digital equivalent of a common gauge for railroad tracks - are not the same thing as open-source software. Open source is a development model for software in which code is freely shared and improved by a cooperative network of programmers'. This leaves room for companies willing to accept standards, but closes the door to companies unwilling to play nice."

Comments

Is this the end of Micorosoft monopoloy?

[paulwallen]

Say yes

Re:Sign of the Times

[advocate_one]

Question for the mod who modded the parent post...

how the f can the first post EVER be redundant??? off-topic, flamebait, troll or over-rated YES... redundant NO...

I suggest respectfully to you that you surrender your mod points at the door and go off and read the moderation guide...