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Build Systems, Not Companies, on Open Standards
Without standards, every job is a one-off, and vendor lock-in is assured after the first project. Open standards are the beating heart of e-Business, without which concepts like intranets and business-to-business commerce would not be practical on a mass scale. (February 20, 2002)
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Burn All GIFs
Campaign for replacing the (formerly) patent-encumbered GIF format by open standard graphics. Since the GIF formats has become patent-free, the site advocates against software patents.
burnallgifs.org/archives/ Read more |
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Business Case for Open Standards
Paper investigating economical issues related to the diffusion of public standards. (May 9, 2002)
www.openstandards.net/viewOSnet1C.jsp?showModuleName=businessCaseForOpenStandards Read more |
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Linux Standard Base
The goal of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) is to develop and promote a set of standards that will increase compatibility among Linux distributions and enable software applications to run on any compliant Linux system.
www.linux-foundation.org/en/LSB Read more |
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Open Data Format Initiative
Initiative aiming to convince software companies to release data format documentation and to pass laws that governments can only store user data in open format. Presents its manifesto, forum, news, links to institutional resolutions.
odfi.org/ Read more |
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Open Design Alliance
An association of CAD customers and vendors committed to promoting open, industry-standard formats for the exchange of CAD data. Hisotry, members, FAQ, and published papers.
www.opendesign.com/ Read more |
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Open Interoperative Document Initiative
Supports efforts by governments at all levels to ensure public documents are open and interoperable and thus available without the need for proprietary software. Includes resources and details of how to get involved.
www.oidi.org/ Read more |
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Open Source versus Open Standards
Draws a distinction between open source advocacies and the promotion of public standards, warning against the confusion of these two initiatives.
news.com.com/2010-1071-995823.html Read more |
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Open Standards
What is a standard, what is an open standard, and why use open standards on the Internet.
www.wigglebits.com/standards.html Read more |
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