Basil Cousins Awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in OpenUK’s New Year’s Honours List
January 6 2021
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The EU Open Source Policy Summit 2021
OFE Lounge Series: Standardisation and Open Source
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There is general consensus in both government and businesses that 'Openness' is both pivotal and a positive.
Few would seek voluntarily to be labelled ‘closed’ and inevitably ‘open’ can be tagged to a product or service by many companies seeking a little ‘magic dust’ in support of its marketing. But maybe with little attempt to justify and evidence their sought differentiation.
The definition “Open” is also a potentially critical dynamic in the competitive landscape of the ICT industry. As a result, there are various points of views, and conflicting definitions.
