The fortune of the commons.
For the first time, the IT industry is widely adopting open standards--thanks to the internet. In 1864, William Sellers proposed a "uniform system of screw threads", which later became widely adopted. Without standardised, easy-to-make screws, Sellers' argument went, there could be no interchangeabl...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 367; no. 8323; pp. 13 - 15 |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Economist Newspaper Limited
5/10/2003
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |