Difference between revisions of "Openness of Information"
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== Inhibtors == | == Inhibtors == | ||
'''The role of the internal consultant''' | '''The role of the internal consultant''' - If a growth in internal consultants emerge, the need for open source outside information may not become a priority. | ||
'''Proprietary information and intellectual property rights''' | '''Proprietary information and intellectual property rights''' - If there is a move towards security and IP rights, there will some intense technical and legal challenges towards moving to open source. | ||
'''Availability of human capital from emerging market''' | '''Availability of human capital from emerging market''' - For open source to truly take off, there needs to be equal participation throughout the world. There will be little incentive for countries and companies to share information if they are not receiving equal information compensation in return. | ||
== Paradigms == | == Paradigms == | ||
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== Timing == | == Timing == | ||
1950s - IBM releases the open source of their operating system and facilitates the SHARE user group to promote open-source<br> | |||
1991 - Creating of Linux, free open source operating system<br> | |||
2000s - The mainstream acceptance of the internet, open-source and information sharing did not truly begin until the 21st century<br> | |||
2001 - Launch of Wikipedia, which became the largest encyclopedia by 2007<br> | |||
== Experts == | == Experts == | ||
Linus Torvalds - Founder/Original Developer of Linux<br> | |||
Jimmy Wales & Larry Sanger - Creators of Wikipedia | |||
== Web Resources == | == Web Resources == | ||
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1917002,00.html Time article about the history of wikipedia<br> | |||
http://www.zdnet.com/news/open-source-ibms-deadly-weapon/296366 Open source: IBM's deadly weapon<br> | |||
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3499276 IBM: Open Source is More Than Just Linux<br> | |||
http://www.javaworld.com/community/node/3104 interesting article about starting a business with open source <br> | |||