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And this openness is the beginning of exploratory play.— Tim Brown on creativity and play
I really hope the Linux Foundation doesn't try and settle on some esoteric, fairly undocumented Linux filesystem to prove it's "openness" - ext2 and ext3 for example.— LXer Linux News
Soeldner's fairness and openness were apparent throughout his campaign.— The Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter Latest Headlines
By contrast, only 15 percent said platform openness was the most important consideration.— Wireless Week Headline News
It stands for "openness," meaning that proprietary, non-standards-based source code is not aimed for.— SearchCRM: News on CRM trends and technology

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