...some of the more onerous business practices, such as hold-up or industry standard capture problem began to surface, in a anticipatory standardization. Most of these comments focus on the strategic...
Standards setting organizations (SSOs) structure themselves with widely varying degrees of openness and formality. Striking the proper balance between formality and informality, openness and exclusivity requires a thorough examination of...
This Article examines the problem of patent hold-ups in standard setting organizations. The paper critically assesses the solutions currently used to address the problem and explains why the overlooked policy...
...believe that the semantic Web will remain a pipe dream for many years to come, and file-sharing will likely continue to evolve in the meantime. In a comment, jtw (a...
...a relatively small part of the software on a full Linux system (many other large components come from the GNU project, the GNOME and KDE desktop projects, the X.org project,...
...technical standard and output level for a basic product. In this model, compatibility can promote competition. Results for rivalry are compared with the mandated second-best standards and welfare maximizing outcomes....
Develops and promotes data center industry improvements (Europe) The European Data Centre Association (EUDCA) represents the data center industry at a European, National, and Regional level and represents all aspects...
Karl Best of Kavi sent me a link this morning to another national body voting report, this time from South Africa. According to a blog post at...
...overviews existing works on compatibility. It details a model on the effects of compatibility decisions in software development. It describes the application of this model to the cases of new...
...the introduced theoretical concepts. The paper analyses the growth and development of Linux and its development community, and shows how the development community evolves into an ecology of community-centered practices....