Most of the large firms have built their own proprietary systems to manage their own algorithms.
The SUSE Linux enterprise computing platform allows for high interoperability between open source and proprietary systems.
But when other companies, including Apple, have developed proprietary systems, none has succeeded for long.
But they are both proprietary systems, written in a language that is not compatible with the Internet.
Compaq was late to PCs, but stole a lead on incumbents too fixed on high-margin proprietary systems to hassle with cheap systems.
They spent a lot of money and time building their own proprietary systems, then spent a lot training developers and keeping it current.
At a time when hospitals are spending millions to digitize, open source EHR software is an alternative option to costly and proprietary systems.
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It stands in contrast to the closed or proprietary systems of Microsoft and Apple who restrict access to the core or source code for their operating systems.
On the other are the open source software enthusiasts who think that hackers are more trustworthy (in aggregate) than the proprietary systems of a small number of big companies.
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Developers have already proven themselves willing to adapt phone applications for use on tablets and refrigerators, and it's our sincere hope that proprietary systems are pushed as far away as humanly possible in order to allow that kind of innovation to completely change how we interact with the interiors of vehicles to come.
Until the advent of smartphones, phone vendors also wrote their own proprietary operating systems.
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They developed proprietary software systems, designed and manufactured chips, built computers and created the infrastructure that made the Internet possible.
The transaction costs of getting carriage on a major cable system are radically higher than the transaction costs of providing video content directly to consumers via the Internet, meaning that niche content and services are at a systematic disadvantage on proprietary video systems.
The interoperability issue among video carriers is somewhat similar in proprietary Instant Messaging systems, which also await unification among their providers so that someone on, say, Yahoo IM can talk to a Google Chat consumer.
Edutools compares open source and proprietary learning content management systems in terms of their features.
What differentiates them is whether their systems require proprietary hardware and software, the level of control restaurants maintain over the reservation process and how restaurants pay for the service.
Instead of paying for operating systems and other proprietary software, users will spend their money on services or add-ons to free programs.
Actually, Dreamcast will ship with two operating systems, a proprietary one from Sega and Windows CE, Microsoft's "lite" operating system for consumer devices.
If retailers like Target operated without regard to interoperability and focused on one enabling technology, they would only have implemented point of sale systems that were proprietary to each individual store.
The real question: will Nokia continue to focus on selling phones based on its proprietary Symbian and MeeGo operating systems, or will they shift directions and adopt Google (GOOG) Android or even Microsoft (MSFT) Windows Phone 7.
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Some of its communications technology is proprietary, so widely used encryption systems aren't readily compatible, said people familiar with the matter.
It gets a visit from Chemdex consultants who map all its business processes before configuring Chemdex's proprietary software to fit its existing systems.
He finally took it to a shop where the mechanic used a more sophisticated scanner that checks systems that can be proprietary, to each car maker, such as the brakes and security gear.
PhaseCue II - The new systems use ZVOX's proprietary PhaseCue II virtual surround processing to provide rich three-dimensional sound with movies or music -- without external speakers and speaker wires.
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The internal Snaps could provide access to proprietary data, from sources such as order entry systems, data warehouses, or synthesized from an ERP or CRM system.
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The new Cube comes with proprietary heatless print pad that conserves power compared to other 3D printers. 3D Systems is committed to making consumer 3D printing affordable safe and sustainable.
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Until recently, building automation, lighting controls, fire safety and other base building systems were designed and deployed to support a single building service and operated independently on proprietary network and cables.
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