Editorial: Meeting in the Middle

Andrew Updegrove, Partner, Gesmer Updegrove LLP

1/27/2008
(Original Publish Date: 5/1/2006)

Few phrases appear together more often in technology news today than "open standards" and "open source." As often as not, these words are used by vendors and service providers in materials promoting their wares. In general, that's a good thing, because it indicates that the marketplace is associating value with open standards and open source software - a perception of value that vendors and service providers wish to borrow upon when they associate these phrases with their offerings.