Openness outside of technology

Maurice, my friend who has been working on the Openomy Ruby bindings, started blogging the other day and today wrote about openness in business:

"Think of all the knowledge stored in the minds of your employees-- unlocking that and sharing it would make everyone more efficient. Just look at the success of the open source development model or of the many community-based online businesses-- no single person's knowledge (manager or programmer) can match the amount of knowledge and expertise stored in a large community."

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