Ray Gifford has turned his talk in Milan as part of Digital Europe 2005 into "Standards in the Digital Age," Progress on Point 12.2 (March 2005). Blurb:

Because there are undeniable trade-offs from any standard-setting decision," Gifford writes, "governments should: a) be wary of thinking they have sufficient foresight to make proper standard-setting decisions; and b) be deferential to private attempts at standard setting." Gifford says varying models of open and closed standards with differing levels of interoperability will emerge and compete, with the market determining winners.

This latest paper comes as various local and international governments are weighing the prospects of mandating certain standards in the procurement of software, such as purchasing only open-source software.

posted by James DeLong @ 12:08 PM | Standards

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