mike, 
A thread on some tenets regarding open systems I feel compelled to relay:
It’s extremely hard for open to ever compete with closed. It almost never succeeds.
Every now and then open is given a chance due to unprecedented external events or pressures.
In the rare event that open gains momentum, any actor can adopt it. That’s the point.
The actors who adopt open will inevitably range from good to indifferent to bad.
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