Washington University Journal of Law & Policy

Article Title

Conceiving Open Systems

Authors

Christopher M. Kelty, University of California, Los Angeles

Publication Title

Washington University Journal of Law & Policy

Abstract

This Article tells the story of the contest over the meaning of "open systems" from 1980 to 1993, a contest to create a simultaneously moral and technical infrastructure within the computer industry.

Recommended Citation

Christopher M. Kelty, Conceiving Open Systems, 30 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol’y 139 (2009),
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_journal_law_policy/vol30/iss1/7