Newsforge's Tina Gasperson has a great article following LinuxWorld
Boston, greatly describing what open standards are and why they should
be addopted:
http://business.newsforge.com/business/06/04/05/2046210.shtml?tid=3
<quote> [...] He went on to show the audience, through another word
picture describing a 1904 fire in Baltimore, how open standards can
prevent unhealthy dependence on one vendor. "Firefighters were called in
from all the surrounding states," Wheeler said. "But all they could do
was stand and watch the building burn, because their firehoses would not
fit on the fire hydrants." A standard fire hose coupler could have
prevented much of the destruction. [...] </ quote>
Best wishes,
Cristian
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