Hallmarks of a True Open Platform
In a market where it is an absolute faux pas to admit a proprietary solution it is important for customers to be able to decipher between a true open platform and a vendor claiming to have an open platform. If you look up the definition of an Open Platform in Wikipedia, you will get this, "Using an open platform a developer could add features or functionality that the platform vendor hadn't completed or hadn't conceived of. An open platform may allow the developer to change existing functionality." Or as we at Milestone would say, an open platform "future-proofs" your investment by allowing upgrades by adding features as they come to market and integrating third party solutions and innovations once they are available.