It has been a big week for open source this week with significant uptake of open source initiatives.

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A couple of weeks ago I was at San Diego where I chaired an event at CTIA.

Whenever I am in a foreign country (which is often…), I try to get some insights from local Taxi drivers. On one such taxi ride, I mentioned to the driver that back home (in the UK), we drive on the left hand side of the road. To which he remarked: ‘Well, why don’t they (UK) drive on the right like everyone else in the world…’

Out of curiosity, I asked him where else had he traveled so far considering his comment about ‘everyone else in the world’ to which he replied: ‘Canada and Mexico.’

I have to smile… But on a more serious note, having once lived in New Zealand there is a country which did something unprecedented.
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Wireless communication technologies have seen significant development over the last decade. This is true both for mobile, where 3G technologies W-CDMA and cdma2000 have altered the way we are able to use our cell phones, and stationary systems, where Wi-Fi, WiMAX and Bluetooth have enabled device communication over the air instead of cables. Standardization has had an instrumental role in this developments (for a more extensive discussion see wirelessstandards2009-08-19final).
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The rivalry between HD DVD and Blu-ray has interesting similarities but also important differences to the historical standards-war between VHS and Betamax. Interesting lessons can be learned from these recent developments.
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The battle of connectors between PCs and peripherals took a new leap recently when the full specification of Superspeed USB was launched. The standard war between USB and FireWire continues.
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