The objective of this document is to prove the importance of a general understanding of the hardware, software and communication infrastructure, in order to improve the overall quality of projects and decision making processes. The first battle between open and proprietary solutions will take place in the technological field. And this is only the beginning of the war.

The knowledge acquired when studying the impact of standards and open source for the Internet infrastructure, is used to understand the consequences in other technological levels, like the design, the development and the exchange of structured information.

The final part analyses the social and economical rationales behind open and proprietary solutions, and how the political world can help to build a technological future.

FOREWORD
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Structure
1.2. Open
1.3. The Open Model
PART I - OPEN TECHNOLOGIES
2. OPEN INFRASTRUCTURE
2.1. Hardware
2.2. Operating Systems
2.3. Communication
2.4. Open Trends
3. OPEN INTERNET DEVELOPMENT
3.1. Design
3.2. Web Platforms
3.3. Web Services
3.4. Agile Development
3.5. Extreme Programming
3.6. Open decision
4. COMMON STRUCTURES FOR DATA EXCHANGE
4.1. Content
4.2. XML
4.3. Trends
PART II - BRAVE OPEN WORLD
5. THE NETWORK SOCIETY
5.1. Networks
5.2. The Network Enterprise
5.3. Peer-to-peer and collective conscience
5.4. Privacy
6. THE NEW ECONOMY
6.1. Standard wars
6.2. Network externalities
6.3. Feedback
6.4. Cost Analysis
6.5. Evolution and Control: Two flavours, four strategies
6.6. The shift of power
7. POLITICS
7.1. Openness by research
7.2. Openness by usage
7.3. Openness by law enforcement
7.4. Openness by stimulation
PART III - CODA
8. OPEN FUTURE
8.1. INCA
PART IV - ANNEXES
APPENDIX A. THE OPEN BOOK
APPENDIX B. STANDARDS ORGANIZATIONS
APPENDIX C. REFERENCES
C.1. Trademarks
C.2. Figures
C.3. Tables
APPENDIX D. BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX E. INDEX