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September 09, 2005 | Comments: (0)
Thirteen nations push for open standards
The New York Times has a piece about a report presented to the World Bank in which officials from 13 countries urge other nations to embrace open IT standards because they can provide "a vital step to accelerate economic growth, efficiency and innovation."
The initiative was spearheaded by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School. Among the 13 nations currently involved are Brazil, China, Denmark, India, Jordan and Thailand, and others.
According to the story, the report states that governments should mandate technology choice, not software development models, and it points out that open technology standards are not the same as open source software.
The full story is here.
Posted by Tom Sullivan on September 9, 2005 06:24 AM
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