Quote: most users most of the time prefer openness over privacy [»kernBW9_1978]

Quote: the hands-on imperative--access to computers and knowledge should be unlimited and total; e.g., taking things apart to create better things [»levyS_1984]

Quote: the hacker wants to fix what is broken; e.g., take apart a traffic light's control box and make it work better [»levyS_1984]

Quote: the Web has anarchic scalability; works despite load, malicious data, unknown servers, no state, no lists of back references, multiple trust boundaries [»fielRT5_2002]

Quote: open systems deal with large quantities of diverse information and massive concurrency; asynchronous, decentralized, inconsistent, continuous [»hewiC7_1986]

Quote: a free exchange of information requires a decentralized, open system without bureaucracy or authorities [»levyS_1984]

Quote: open, distributed systems have decentralized decision making [»hewiC4_1985]

Quote: open, distributed systems never halt, accept input from unanticipated sources, output anytime [»hewiC4_1985]

Quote: electronic-banking is an example of an open, distributed system [»hewiC4_1985]

Quote: a data model should treat persistence, sharing and structure independently [»balzRM_1986]

Quote: a defined system has explicit options, is flexible, not defined by fiat [»waltPL11_1979]

Note: goal is a radical improvement in code generation using a publicly developed database [»cbb_1990, OK]

Quote: the parts of an open system only keep track of own state and interfaces to other agents; use explicit communication [»hewiC7_1986]

Quote: in an open system, control must be distributed so that local decisions are made where needed; uses local information [»hewiC7_1986]

Quote: a source-full environment, like Lisp, includes access to all functions; yet usually no access to operating system, compiler, or applications [»weisM11_1987]

Quote: in the process paradigm no system-wide knowledge, no superuser, no centralized management; everything is distributed [»stroR10_1986]

Quote: REST interactions are stateless; they transfer representations of identified resources

Quote: REST manipulates resources and concepts by transferring representations using a resource identifier and generic interface; allows independent authoring across multiple trust domains [»fielRT5_2002]

Quote: a design goal for Multics was continuous operation like electric power or the telephone network [»corbFJ_1979]

Quote: open systems must be designed so that operating components take over from failed components during repair [»hewiC7_1986]

Quote: allow online addition and removal of performance-oriented structures for databases; do not stop the database [»coddEF_1990]

Quote: conjecture of inconsistency: any axiomatizations of human knowledge is uniformly inconsistent [»hewiC4_1985]

Quote: conjecture of perpetual inconsistency: any axiomatizations of human knowledge will always be inconsistent [»hewiC4_1985]

Quote: an open system must deal with inconsistent information; e.g., decisions based on partial evidence [»hewiC7_1986]

Quote: a model theory should permit incomplete and inconsistent worlds; need to localize inconsistencies [»sowaJF_1984]

Quote: in an open, changing system such as our bodies, constancy is evidence for homeostatic agencies [»weinGM_1979]

Quote: language is not complete, e.g. calculus; it is like an ancient city of many little streets surrounded by more regular suburbs [»wittL_1958a]

Quote: the dynamic languages Self, Smalltalk, and Lisp give you the sense of building--not writing--sofware; you watch your program emerge from objects, methods, and attributes; you try out objects as you go [»ungaD9_2007]

Quote: want an architecture that allows users to open up and modify any module; without a "wall" that prevents further progress [»myerBA_1992]

Quote: for future applications, a message interface includes messages for all relevant information; currently unused messages are ignored [»katzL_1981]

Quote: EROS uses capabilities to run active systems of user code; allows broken or hostile code [»shapJS1_2002]

Quote: in many programs, the only commands are those defined by the program; e.g., can not use an editor to rename files in a directory listing [»teslL8_1981]

Quote: the first automobile manufacturers where secretive about their designs and methods; used unique screws and parts; eventually opened up [»weisM11_1987]