{"id":42424,"date":"2019-10-07T04:09:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T04:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/?p=42424"},"modified":"2024-03-04T13:18:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T21:18:52","slug":"lessons-from-the-past-for-peer-to-peer-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/lessons-from-the-past-for-peer-to-peer-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from the past for peer-to-peer networks"},"content":{"rendered":"

For libraries, Blockchain represents the opportunity to build their own networks.\u00a0 Beyond being independent of such entities as OCLC, libraries will be able to redefine relationships with patrons.\u00a0 The lessons of the past show how this opportunity can either define the future or be passed by.\u00a0 Here are the three main lessons from the past of Bibframe, Word and Linux.<\/p>\n

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  1. Agreement to act is necessary.<\/strong>\u00a0 Bibframe was and remains a superior product.\u00a0 It failed because of lack of agreement.\u00a0 The parting of the Library of Congress and Zepheira meant that MARC would dominate for another decade.\u00a0 Libraries have been unwilling or unable to organize and agree on a standard.\u00a0 Other linked data protocols have emerged but to no avail.<\/li>\n
  2. To stay on top, one must be willing to change.<\/strong>\u00a0 One reason that WordPerfect lost the mass market to Microsoft Word was a delayed transition from DOS to Windows.\u00a0 As the world switched to Windows, staying with WordPerfect wasn’t an option until it was too late.\u00a0 Since then, Microsoft Word has changed again and again.\u00a0 There is even an online version that competes with Google Docs.\u00a0 A related corollary might be that keeping a niche requires a willingness to stay the same.<\/strong>\u00a0 WordPerfect keeps its user base due to its reveal codes feature and command structure.\u00a0<\/li>\n
  3. What begins as a community initiative often finds its greatest success in the corporate world.<\/strong>\u00a0 While Linus Torvalds’ Linux kernel remains free, it has been most successful in the corporate world.\u00a0 Linux dominates on servers but has yet to catch on in desktop environments beyond Chromebooks powered by Google’s Chrome OS.\u00a0 Android OS, also from Google, means that Linux dominates the mobile market.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Are libraries willing to agree in order to advance?\u00a0 Once something is up and running, are libraries willing to keep working on it?\u00a0 Blockchain is already well established as a tool used by vendors for building better products.\u00a0 It remains to be seen whether communities will agree to act and build their own networks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    For libraries, Blockchain represents the opportunity to build their own networks.\u00a0 Beyond being independent of such entities as OCLC, libraries will be able to redefine relationships with patrons.\u00a0 The lessons […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,42],"tags":[71,54,9,72,74,50,37,69,73,58,52,75,76,53],"class_list":{"0":"post-42424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blockchain","7":"category-blockchain-libraries","8":"tag-android","9":"tag-bibframe","10":"tag-blockchain","11":"tag-chrome-os","12":"tag-communities","13":"tag-google","14":"tag-libraries","15":"tag-library-of-congress","16":"tag-linus-torvalds","17":"tag-linux","18":"tag-microsoft-word","19":"tag-peer-to-peer-networks","20":"tag-windows","21":"tag-wordperfect","22":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42424"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42453,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42424\/revisions\/42453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu\/blockchains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}