It would be possible for someone like TiVo to develop OCAP software like they are for Comcast right now, but it would be up to each provider to distribute the software to the box you rented or purchased.

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Water for People recently teamed up with Akvo, a Dutch open source software company, to help develop the FLOW's (now officially called Akvo FLOW) features and international reach.

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But the company is now having to face up to the fact that it will take some time to develop and prove the necessary technology.

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But zinc fingers, because of their precision, could give Dow a significant leg up by cutting a year or two off the six to eight years it now takes to develop a modified plant and get it past regulators.

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Even assuming a start-up can develop a technology innovative enough to make a difference, the cost of indexing the Web--which now includes billions of pages--is far higher than it was a decade ago.

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Lets face it, the business world is forever changing and we are right now in a economy that leaves opportunies open to develop new business practises, having business theory backed up with real world application is how we move forward and create tomorrow fortune 500 companies.

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