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Will your industry be transformed by 'open innovation'?

I wrote the book, THE OPEN SOURCE EVERYTHING MANIFESTO: Transparency, Truth & Trust (released 5 June 2012). I like your article but you and McKinsey are both missing the point: open innovation is pervasive, proprietary does not scale, does not play well with others (across insular industry boundaries is vastly more important), and is unaffordable in the long run (all proprietary ignores "true cost" economics). When combined with industry allowable waste standards (see PwC The Price of Excess), bottom line is that McKinsey--and the industries they advise--are on death row. [all of my comment is open for reuse in any form]