The European Parliament has a department called “Scientific Technology Options Assessment” or STOA. STOA has recently announced a report on the European patents system, outlining policy options for improving the system. As readers know, patent systems tend to be a controversial issue and theSTOA’s preliminary report was therefore the hotly [...]
I'd like to commend the new report from Rob Atkinson and ITIF, Boosting European Prosperity Through the Widespread Use of ICT. The report finds that information and communications technology (ICT) is essentially the vitamin D for supporting the kind of productivity growth that stimulates economic prosperity. It prescribes 5 five [...]
For as long as there have been Linux developers and fans, they have spent an extraordinary amount of time philosophizing on "why Linux has yet to take off on the desktop." This year, however, that favorite pastime was threatened. In May, Dell announced that it would begin shipping Ubuntu-based PCs [...]
When and how does ICT interoperability drive innovation? This is the subject of a new paper on interoperability by the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society (the webcast of yesterday's launch event at the Reagan Building is now available). Co-authors Urs Gasser and John Palfrey have published a thoughtful [...]
To follow up on my previous post on DVDs and ODF, here are a few of the lessons we can draw from the evolution of video recording formats. Perhaps the most important one is that: unlike the Highlander, there CAN be MORE than one. 1. Multiple Standards Can Live Side [...]