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The Government at the Standards Bazaar Redux (Or, When Should A Government Mandate An IT Standard?) – PART 4

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

This is Part 4 in a series of articles in which contributor Stacy Baird presents and in-depth analysis of the role of governments in standards setting initiatives which is released on a bi-weekly basis. For previous instalments see here: Part 2, Part 3 – Editor

PART 4: The Least Formal IT Standard Setting: Patent Pools and De Facto Standards
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