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Seeking Open Infrastructure: Contrasting Open Standards, Open Source and Open Innovation

ckeller — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:05:28 -0500

While “open” normally has connotations of public goods, the idea of “open”–ness has been used for decades as a competitive strategy by firms in the computers and communications industries. Phrases like “open standard,” “open source” and more recently “open innovation” have been used to refer to these strategies.

What do they have in common? Which ones really are “open”? What does “open” mean, anyway?

The author discusses the issues faced in the creation and adoption of cyberinfrastructure, contrasting firm strategies for three types of “open”–ness in the context of their respective business models.

On Open Standards

drupal — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 16:28:51 -0600

"Is interoperability and vendor independence a mirage?"

Patents, Open Standards and Open Source

drupal — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:52:51 -0600

The author discusses Open Standards and Open Source in the context of the European Union.

Open Source and Standards

drupal — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:04:41 -0500

This paper is from the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE). This paper discusses possible future outcomes of open standards.