Open source can also close markets

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 3, 2009 4:33 AM EDT
ZDNet; By Dana Blankenhorn
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We rightly celebrate how open source opens markets. But it can also close them. Take WiFi. It is still assumed by many property-owners that they can, and should, control what is done with electromagnetic spectrum within their properties. Because WiFi is low-power, high-frequency waves that attenuate quickly, someone with a substantial footprint can make this dream come true.

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