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Paul Fremantle: For me the core difference between Open Standards and Open Source is this: Open Standards enable companies to compete in a structured way, Open Source projects enable people or companies to collaborate in a structured way

I think Paul may be onto something.  It is rapidly becoming the case that this more than this is becoming the exemplar for open standards.  While it is popular to malign the JCP, it is worth noting that many (most?) JSRs have TCKs which actively promote the idea of multiple, independent, interoperable implementations.

Indeed.  There are some fundamental principles at work that need to be captured... such as what the “Open” in “Open Standards” and “Open Source” really mean.  e.g., OOXML is a Standard, but is it an “Open Standard”.  I would say it’s not, but other than the fact that the final text has not actually been published anywhere, can we detail exactly why it’s not?  From there, can we detail what impact that has on the ability to “compete in a structured way”.

Posted by James Snell at

I’m getting a 404 error on your first link, which goes to here:

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Posted by Lawrence Krubner at

Updated to point to the new home for the Ruby specification.

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