“With companies like IBM pushing a mix of open standards and open-source software, it allows smaller services companies to deliver solutions significantly faster and to compete primarily on what it does best in the market.”
“Most can't transition their technologies over too quickly because it adversely affects their [proprietary software] revenues. But if more money is being derived from open source, then they need to be seen as big supporters of it. It is a tightrope they have to walk.”
“The talk of standards about the Internet among companies has been constant. Take XML; the chemical industry alone came up with three standards. I believe standards are for real when they are finally executed, implemented and accepted.”
