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The Software, Standards and Society in 2020 Series: 2. Software's Connectedness Paradox

By trond-arne.undheim on May 19, 2009 12:38 PM

The software industry changing rapidly these days. Technologies and business models with mass appeal are very much part of this picture, but more incremental change is also gaining momentum and the results are adding up. Software has become ubiquitous in...

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The Transformational Potential of Software Standards

By trond-arne.undheim on May 15, 2009 6:31 AM

Let me first make a preamble of some importance to what I am about to say. The preamble is: the Internet is a software phenomenon. The extraordinary growth provided by the Internet platform is unmatched, think of companies, consumer products,...

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EC Needs To Act: IPR Workshop Lesson One

By trond-arne.undheim on December 14, 2008 3:20 AM

A few weeks have passed since the seminal IPR workshop at the EU. It is time to reflect a bit on what was said. Before the workshop many inside the Commission were of the opinion that the current IPR regime...

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The Case for Open Standards

By trond-arne.undheim on November 1, 2008 4:02 AM

Yesterday, I presented to the OFE Executive Council in London about the work of OFE's Standards Special Interest Group, with a very clear message: there is a good case for Open Standards. 31oct2008 SigpublicView SlideShare presentation or Upload your...

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