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"The New York Times is carrying a report urging nations to adopt
open-information technology standards as 'a vital step to accelerate
economic growth, efficiency and innovation'.

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...28237&from=rss

Imhotep

Imhotep <> writes:

>"The New York Times is carrying a report urging nations to adopt
>open-information technology standards as 'a vital step to accelerate
>economic growth, efficiency and innovation'.

>http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...28237&from=rss

It has been standard operating procedure in science now for 300 years.
Works well.

Unruh wrote:

> Imhotep <> writes:
>
>>"The New York Times is carrying a report urging nations to adopt
>>open-information technology standards as 'a vital step to accelerate
>>economic growth, efficiency and innovation'.
>
>>http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...28237&from=rss
>
> It has been standard operating procedure in science now for 300 years.
> Works well.

Ya...it is to bad that some software companies have forgotten it...