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Stefano’s Linotype » Blog Archive » Interoperability by Friction — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:40:48 +0000

[...] Joel Spolsky and web standard advocates (read, for example, Sam’s reply). This reminded me of a question that Mitch Baker asked on her blog about “standards and interoperability” that I had in my to-do list to [...]

By: Andre

Andre — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:21:31 +0000

I think it is the regulatory environment that matters and to achive for “interoperability” what GATT achieved for free trade. A political review process that pushes the standards of standards higher.

By: Marco Trevisan

Marco Trevisan — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:23:50 +0000

I found standards dramatically important for a good health on web and web application in the future. Yes, I agree with you, standards mean interoperability, to me too.

Even if I found frustrating the low speed from W3C in evolving web standards. Yes, I know the big effort they have to do… but… you know, the real world can’t wait too much long.

My wish is project “one to many”, spending my time to find good solutions on communication, usability, design, functional tools.

In conclusion, standards matter, deeply matter.

By: David Bolton

David Bolton — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:20:55 +0000

Standards reduce bloat

By: Olivier

Olivier — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:57:47 +0000

My view is that standards allow de-centralization.

In a world without open standards, networks are created in which one node controls it all. Such is the case of Skype, Blackberries, MSN or Facebook-mail for example.

The Internet is fundamentally de-centralized. No single node will affect the Internet if removed. This is what made the Internet stand out and what makes it unique, interesting and fun.

So to me the key is to not create “centers” to the Internet. This is what open standards (through interoperability) are all about.