The interoperability push doesn't cater to couch potatoes, so take notice of the open minds out there. Paraphrased, if you always do what you have always done, expect to get what you have always got. Many would say that this thinking reflects the state of EDA-tool interoperability today. Intuitively, then, the staggering resources necessary for companies to function in the interoperability arena should provide more than enough impetus to find some way to reduce the costs.
New approaches require new definitions to describe the intent of the ideas.
Of the current breed of interoperability phrases, open draws the most attention. When used in this way open really means committee-controlled. In reality, open has nothing to do with proprietary, but should pertain to the ability of everybody to use it. The concept of control is misunderstood, as well. In actuality, if a standard isn't controlled, it will soon become stagnant or crumble into myriad dialects and implementations, rendering it ineffective.