Think standards are boring? Think again!
,----[ Quote ]
| If we are to believe Wikipedia, the online collaborative encyclopaedia,
| open standards are publicly available and implementable standards.
| By allowing anyone to obtain and use a standard, the latter can
| increase compatibility between various hardware and software components.
|
| What this brand new coalition is after, is to halt the growing trend
| towards the privatisation of technology. It wants to get back to
| the open nature of technology and innovation and ensure that the
| multiplication of proprietary extensions are put aside to the benefit
| of compatible ones.
`----
http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5042920
|
|
