00654nam a2200121Ia 4500 20260716043333.0 BARRY, Richard E. Open systems standards : considerations for developing countries. 1995 Examines the growing need for interconnectivity and interoperability between information systems and organizations. Notes that experience has often shown that information management and technology have operated more as adeterrent to, than a facilitator of, improved coordination, information exchange and operations. Discusses the emergence of open system standards. 3/7/00 M2LMGR A 45129 45129