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Let's assume you pick an open-system vendor who has taken all the trouble to understand these interactions.
Is It Better for Businesses to Adopt Open or Closed Platforms? Ian Sherr 2011
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The arms race between feature-phone product lines adding functionality (Nokia, Motorola, et al.), secure communications devices for professionals (such as RIM's BlackBerry), visual interface-driven multi-purpose devices (Apple's iPhone and iPad), and open-system platforms for multiple hardware developers (Google's Android operating system for tablets and phones) has spurred each player to new heights.
Bye-Bye, PCs and Laptops Mike Malone 2011
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In Monday's speech to the Washington-based think tank The Brookings Institution, Genachowski cited the open-system design of the Internet as the main driver behind the way it has revolutionized the world.
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Sun said (and I repeat): You can do anything you damn well please, but don't call it "Java" (and parenthetically, don't pretend that it's open-source/open-system).
Balkinization 2007
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Sun said (and I repeat): You can do anything you damn well please, but don't call it "Java" (and parenthetically, don't pretend that it's open-source/open-system).
Balkinization 2007
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If, however, you convert an open-system life form into a closed system, say, by sealing an ID activist into an airtight 55 gallon drum and leaving him in the back of a cool closet for several weeks, the preconditions of the 2lot are satisfied and, lo and behold, entropy increases very quickly indeed. gerryfromktown
Open thread: questions and explanations - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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Sun said (and I repeat): You can do anything you damn well please, but don't call it "Java" (and parenthetically, don't pretend that it's open-source/open-system).
Balkinization 2007
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Sun said (and I repeat): You can do anything you damn well please, but don't call it "Java" (and parenthetically, don't pretend that it's open-source/open-system).
Balkinization 2007
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Sun said (and I repeat): You can do anything you damn well please, but don't call it "Java" (and parenthetically, don't pretend that it's open-source/open-system).
Balkinization 2007
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Sun said (and I repeat): You can do anything you damn well please, but don't call it "Java" (and parenthetically, don't pretend that it's open-source/open-system).
Balkinization 2007
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