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January 12, 2005 IBM Formalizes Its Software Innovation NetworksIBM's Innovation Network Strategy Will Benefit Open Source Communityby Navi Radjou, Sharyn Leaver with Bobby Cameron, John R. Rymer, Jessica Harrington |
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Executive Summary
IBM's announced contribution of 500 software patents — royalty free — to the open source community is a response to CEO Sam Palmisano's public call for IBM and other firms to ditch proprietary innovation models in favor of what Forrester calls global Software Innovation Networks. This first step of opening up IBM's own intellectual property for use in open standards — covering software protocols, file formats, and interfaces — continues IBM's shift from technology vendor to high-end business solutions provider. IBM's move also speeds the commoditization of basic software elements — like OS and database functions — and increases the odds that IBM inventions in evolving markets will become de facto standards on top of which IBM's higher-level business innovations can be delivered.
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