Still, a smart, principled government should have the guts to use unilateral market-openings to spur open global commerce along; getting more prosperous along the way and challenging geopolitical competitors to do the same.
The current impetus spurring open access publishing comes from the funding agencies themselves, as increasingly both governments and private institutions have mandated open access requirements for funded research.
While open access chemistry was met with a lot of skepticism 5 years ago, the success of freely available probes in accelerating target validation and discovery of new biology has spurred many open access programs in the pharmaceutical industry.
Tim Duncan and Stephen Jackson were placed on the injured list Wednesday, but both will be in uniform when the Spurs open their first-round series against Phoenix this weekend.
A fourth ring, for the 2007 title, will slide over Duncan's finger tonight, before the Spurs open their title defense.
Where aid really could help–in the form of spurring robust, open trade between Africa and the developed world and among African nations themselves the West instead pushes domestic subsidies.
I actually can't imagine a platform being able to survive *without* all the developer tools and class libraries being completely open, and perhaps this is what has spurred Adobe to open up Flex.
He was fired when the Spurs opened the next season 3-15, replaced by Gregg Popovich.
SAN ANTONIO — The Spurs opened the Western Conference finals resembling the past champions who have been there so many times before.
The Spurs opened up energetically, shooting well and even taking their first halftime lead in this series.
