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7.3. Ron Abel — 4 postulates

  1. Open source reference implementations are extremely critical in achieving adoption of open standards for software interoperability.

  2. Standards organizations are the only way to get a level playing field w.r.t new open source applications for learning — that won’t happen unless the open source projects/communities participate.

http://blog.worldcampus.psu.edu/index.php/2007/09/19/open-source-and-open-standards/