Peter Caputa puts it succinctly in

Why OpenEvents Is an Uphill Battle!

I am writing a series of posts on why OpenEvents is an Uphill Battle. I am hoping that this rallies some people to think creatively, and also to realize that if we work together to make this happen, then we will all will benefit much quicker.

So, The first reason that OpenEvents is an uphill battle is because the established players have no incentive to share data. Actually, they have disincentives because there are so many businesses that depend on the data for their revenue stream.

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Whether it’s XML or rdf, centralized or distributed - sharing and building on Events as an open, shared kind of micro-content - is leaving the station.

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