Report of tbe Defense Science Board Task Force on Open Systems

Abstract

We know from our computing, telecommunications, electronic entertainment, and local building codes the power of smart modularity. Open "Plug & Play" architectures (computers, a well-wired home, stereo systems) permit us to configure, reconfigure and update hardware and software from a wide range of general purpose and specialty suppliers. Wide interchangeability permits niche products to address many diverse user communities, creating a large aggregate market and fueling massive private investment, enabling a plethora of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) products at previously unimagined low costs. In parallel, a new networking industry has sprung up, enabling broad interoperability between hosts which are not otherwise necessarily compatible. Thus our economy and culture has been revolutionized within a couple short decades and our institutions and citizens have achieved a quantum leap in operations, competitiveness, and effectiveness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA358287

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Science Board

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Application Software
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Electronic Components
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • National Security
  • Operating Systems
  • Organizational Structure
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Economics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing