Standards - Myths, Delusions and Opportunities
Abstract
This paper describes how a new approach to defence standardisation could deliver, for the first time, the benefits that defence standards and Open Systems have for so long promised. The paper traces the history of defence computing standards. It examnes the original benefits that standardisation promised in the defence arena. It examines why so many defence standardisation efforts have failed to deliver on fl%se promises. It then goes on to examine why the original efforts to create a standards based computing market (the Open Systems movement) also failed. The limitations of a standards-based approach will be described from both a technical and commercial viewpoint. The paper concludes with an optimistic message, that the Internet Standards and the Open Source movement have the potential to deliver on the orginal promise of the Open Systems movement.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADP010661
Entities
People
- Nic Peeling
- Richard Taylor