“One of the two articles of faith that Eric Kriss and Peter
Quinn embraced in drafting their evolving ETRM was this: products
built to ‘open standards’ are more desirable than those that
aren’t. Superficially, the concept made perfect sense–only buy
products that you can mix and match. That way, you can take
advantage of both price competition as well as a wide selection of
alternative products from multiple vendors, each with its own
value-adding features. And if things don’t work out, well, you’re
not locked in, and can swap out the loser and shop for a
winner.“But did that make as much sense with routers and software as it
did with light bulbs and lamps? And in any event, if this was such
a great idea, why hadn’t their predecessors been demanding open
standards-based products for years? Finally, what exactly was that
word ‘open’ supposed to mean…?”
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