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How openness and Linux are unlocking innovation [Part 2]
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| Part I of this series on how openness and Linux are unlocking innovation,
| outlined the many definitions that can be applied to the term "openness" and
| examined how Linux is impacting the evolving mobile ecosystem. However, to
| fully appreciate that impact, a greater understanding of ecosystems,
| particularly the open mobile ecosystem, is needed.
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| For openness to successfully generate innovation, it has to create a rich
| ecosystem that both attracts developers and enables them to thrive and
| prosper. Currently, various platform providers are vying for the attention of
| the third-party developers by revealing APIs and providing software
| marketplaces.
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http://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/open-source-linux/2009/07/how-openness-and-linux-are-unlocking-innovation-part-1-1.html
Recent:
Transparency against malpractic
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| As a result of my new enthusiasm to 'get out more' I found myself listening
| to a detailed and balanced 'non-advocacy' presentation from a respected OSS
| Watch staffer.
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| He explained patiently how open source licencing worked and how it differed
| from proprietary licences. But what he did say whilst looking for an everyday
| resonance to make his points accessible to a non-geek audience, and which
| really sharpened every-one's attention, was that proprietary software was
| built on secret code whereas open source software had transparent code.
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| Proprietary software IS composed of secret code. You can't read it, you don't
| know what it does (other than what you can see it do), you don't know how it
| does it and you can't change it.
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http://www.siriusit.co.uk/myblog/secret-code-and-the-damage-it-does-to-our-society.html
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