Keep in mind, the Internet was born as an open standard and started from the military.
But adopting an open standard means shifting power from one competitor to everyone else.
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Second, it rapidly became an open standard at a time when most data-networking protocols were proprietary.
Agreeing on an open standard for chat is just the beginning of a painful transformation for portals.
What makes Dr Lange's invention different is that it is an open standard.
Nokia, by comparison, has already committed itself to providing an open standard for its new generation of mobile phones.
Unlike most web filtering products, MetaCert labels pages via an open standard that can be supported by browsers and plug-ins.
Sun never managed to make much money from it, in part because it wanted Java to be an open standard.
An open standard is different from being royalty free or open source.
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To make matters worse for Wink, the interactive TV industry has been moving toward an open standard that will make Wink's software easier to copy.
Some cable firms will succumb to Microsoft's pitch, but most prefer an open standard, possibly based on the Java programming language developed by Sun Microsystems.
It covers activities such as the creation, retrieval and deletion of data elements from the cloud and is an open standard for self-provisioning and accessing cloud storage.
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For its digital bookstore, it has focused on using an open standard, called ePub, that enables people to take their digital books with them to any devices, said Michael Serbinis, chief executive of Kobo.
H.264 is not an open standard.
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Many felt that because the new technology, called DIAL (short for Discovery and Launch), is an open standard and already being integrated by a number of large consumer electronics manufacturers, it would replace AirPlay and a similar technology called Miracast.
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Apple had a strong hand in the formation last year of the Internet Streaming Media Alliance, an industry group that wants to create a blueprint for an open standard that would allow content developers to write for one format, instead of three or more as they now must do.
But the agreement of an open standard in 2008 by the Wireless Power Consortium (which has over 100 members, including Nokia, Samsung, Sony, HTC, Huawei, Motorola Mobility, and Belkin) offered the possibility of universal charging plates that could be used by any handset which followed the Qi standard.
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At the moment, its highest priority is the adoption of an Open Fuel Standard.
During the recent presidential campaign, both Barack Obama and John McCain endorsed the concept of an Open Fuel Standard.
Sooner or later, Congress will adopt an Open Fuel Standard requiring every new car sold in America to be an FFV.
Given the stakes for our people and country, however, getting an Open Fuel Standard adopted this year should be a test of the avowed desire of both Messrs.
Simple: By adopting an Open Fuel Standard that requires every new car sold in America to have not only have seat-belts and airbags but Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) capability.
The Power Matters Alliance (PMA), associated with a program of the IEEE Standards Association called Industry Connections, is dedicated to creating an ecosystem and open standard for smart wireless power.
Microsoft claimed that the articles contained inaccuracies on an open-source document standard and a rival format put forward by the software giant.
The activity streams standard is an open source project created by Chris Messina, Open Web Advocate at Google.
Availability of an open, API based standard for digital asset storage access.
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Whether this would actually create a workable standard is an open question.
It's an open secret that many higher standard factories often sub-contract orders to these sweat-shops to keep costs down and meet customer's deadlines.
And though it doesn't quite make up for the middling resolution, there's at least an open memory slot, allowing folks to go beyond the standard four gigs.
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It's understandable -- Miracast is a very recent open standard that lets you echo the display from an enabled device like a smartphone or tablet onto your TV (think Apple's AirPlay Mirroring).
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