Standards: Open For Business - Above the CrowdAbove the Crowd | By Bill Gurley
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Standards: Open For Business - Above the CrowdAbove the Crowd | By Bill Gurley
Standards: Open For Business May 25, 1998: “He’s different and he don’t care who knows it. Somethin’ about him not the same. He’s different and that’s how it goes. And he’s not gonna play your gosh darn game.” -Randy Newman, “I’m Different” If you pay attention to high-technology business markets, you have undoubtedly noticed the frequent usage of “open standards” as not only a product strategy, but also as a marketing message and political mantra. Leading high-tech executives such as Andy Grove, John Chambers, Jim Barksdale, Larry Ellison, and Scott McNealy all wax poetic about their “support
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