Title: Economic Issues In Computer Interface Standardization
Abstract: Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size *Department of Economics and School of Management, MIT. I would like to thank John Bissell, Joseph Farrell, Ira Goldstein, Paul Joskow, Bob Lent, Tom Mace, Rob Morel, Alex Morrow, Richard Schmalensee, participants at a conference on Compatibility Standards and Information Technology at Stanford University, and especially Jillio Rotemberg and Ken Sills for helpful conversations and Charles Holloway for detailed comments, and the Open Software Foundation, the National Science Foundation (grant 8813943-IRI). and the Sloan Foundation for financial support. This paper draws on previous joint work with Stan Besen and Joe Farrell. Notes *Department of Economics and School of Management, MIT. I would like to thank John Bissell, Joseph Farrell, Ira Goldstein, Paul Joskow, Bob Lent, Tom Mace, Rob Morel, Alex Morrow, Richard Schmalensee, participants at a conference on Compatibility Standards and Information Technology at Stanford University, and especially Jillio Rotemberg and Ken Sills for helpful conversations and Charles Holloway for detailed comments, and the Open Software Foundation, the National Science Foundation (grant 8813943-IRI). and the Sloan Foundation for financial support. This paper draws on previous joint work with Stan Besen and Joe Farrell.