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The Software, Standards and Society in 2020 Series: 7. The Standardization Landscape in 2020

By trond-arne.undheim on May 27, 2009 9:48 AM

When you try to pitch a film, you try to relate it to another successful film. So, you might say of a Sci-Fi movie script: “it is Forrest Gump meets StarTrek”. Similarly, one could say of the future of standardization,...

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Browser wars—still going strong?

By trond-arne.undheim on January 27, 2009 8:42 AM

Thee European Commission has, again, issued a Statement of Objections (SO) against Microsoft finding that The evidence gathered during the investigation leads the Commission to believe that the tying of Internet Explorer with Windows, which makes Internet Explorer available on...

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Sixteen Soundbites From An IPR Workshop

By trond-arne.undheim on November 21, 2008 9:16 AM

I will soon publish my impression from a highly entertaining European Commission workshop on intellectual property rights and ICT standards on 19 November 2008 in Brussels, Belgium held at the Bedford Hotel, formerly a cotton mill. Since I attended yesterday...

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New Study: Public Sector Breaches EU Directives when Procuring Software

By trond-arne.undheim on October 22, 2008 12:05 PM

This is mind-boggling stuff. Public sector officials across Europe regularly breach EU Directives by mentioning brand names like “Microsoft” that are in fact trademarks in procurement documents, according to a study (press release, full study) by the not-for-profit organization Openforum...

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Will IBM's New Standards Policy Fix Leaking Pipes?

By trond-arne.undheim on September 23, 2008 6:36 AM

In a seminal move, IBM announces a new IT Standards Policy (see today's Wall Street Journal article, 23.08.09 or IBM's press release on 22.09.08) which will: -- Begin or end participation in standards bodies based on the quality and openness...

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