Open democracy, open borders and open standards were the themes to which speakers returned again and again at the opening ceremony for the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany, on Monday night. Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan talked of Turkey’s efforts to open up new economic opportunities by boosting its technology industry. Turkey is encouraging spending on research, which has already risen to 0.85 percent of GDP from a historical 0.4 percent. IBM’s CEO Sam Palmisano said the IT industry must take the lead to establish open standards.”]
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