...addresses the organizational level (consortium procedures) and the actor network level (processes of meaning negotiation). The research method includes two in-depth case studies of consortium standardization: Java in ECMA and...
...no. No, if consumers, and to a lesser extent businesses, must hire expensive contractors to undertake otherwise unnecessary upgrades, configure and maintain complex new systems, and opt into confusing billing...
RAND commitments i.e., promises to license on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms play a key role in standard setting processes. However, the usefulness of those commitments has recently been questioned. The...
...it also provides certification tests for wireless products. The other camp also has its own support group, called the UWB Forum, and also has a large and varied membership, including...
...to keep formats under its control. But apparently there is some flexibility on OpenDocument, and in truth Pryke-Smith made this point last June in the same Computer Business News...
...are the levels of civility, truthfulness, and fair play that we wish candidates would exhibit when they compete for our votes. But as the day of final electoral reckoning approaches,...
Promotes the free GNU licensing model and hosts the Free Software Foundation. GNU Project was launched in 1983 to develop a complete Unix-like operating system called the GNU system, which...
...those that offer the comments. But I fail to see how where the hypocricy comes in (on my part), when Jason equates that conduct with what appears to be a...
...Company B. With the standards approach, Company A simply sends its data to Company B directly without the need for conversion even once, because both companies create and store data...
...set of tools and platforms in order to foster interoperability across office productivity applications and with line-of-business systems. The Technical Committee will also be responsible for the ongoing maintenance and...