The Year of the Open by Roy Tennant

The Year of the Open by Roy Tennant - "Two events this year are ushering in a new era of openness - both in the source code and the file formats of commercial software. Adobe and Microsoft have announced technologies that are open and transparent. It is hard to overestimate the impact of these developments, since much of what they'll enable is yet to be seen. Still, they represent enormous potential for anyone interested in libraries, information technology, and coming digital services..." - More in Library Journal September 15, 2007