In the Middle of the End

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In the Middle of the End Dr. Bob Sutor VP, Open Source and Standards, IBM sutor.com/blog

Characteristics of of “Open” “open” Characteristics

Characteristics of “open” Transparency

Characteristics of “open” Inclusiveness

Characteristics of “open” Community

Characteristicsof of“Closed” “open” Characteristics

Characteristics of “open” Opaqueness

Characteristics of “open” Exclusiveness

Dictatorship Characteristics of “open” (Benevolent?)

Characteristics of “open” The Last Decade

Characteristics of “open” 1990s, RAND, Don’t Ask

Characteristics “open” 2002, RF, W3C,of Radicals?

Characteristics of “open” 2005, RF+RAND, OASIS, Radicals?

2005, RANDZ, Characteristics of “open” We’ll control you somehow

2006, Patent Non-assertions, Characteristics of “open” Standards, Open Source

Characteristics of “open” Differentiation

Characteristics “open” Not all standardsofare equal

Characteristics of “open” Not all standards organizations are equal

Characteristics of “open” Not all standards organizations are open

Characteristics of “open”

Characteristics of “open” Measuring “open”

Characteristics of “open” Development

Characteristics of “open” Maintenance

Characteristics of “open” Implementation

Characteristics of “open” Acquisition

Characteristics ODF of “open”

Characteristics of in “open” ODF is important itself

Characteristics of “open” People have learned from ODF

Characteristics ofODF “open” People “get”

Characteristics of “open” The ODF experience will be replicated

The end is inofsight, Characteristics “open” but tremendous battles remain

Characteristics Adviceof “open”

Characteristics “open” Kill the RANDofoption

Characteristics of “open” Don’t be a standards factory

Characteristics of “open” Become even more open

Characteristics of implementations “open” Actively allow open source

Characteristics of “open” Virtual Worlds

Characteristics “open” Everything old isof new again

Characteristics of “open” Don’t just translate 2D to 3D

Characteristics “open” Rethink industryof standards

Characteristics of “open”