NeoMedia Technologies, Inc (NEOM)

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cyclo, After reading your review of qode, I came away from it thinking your main criticism is that it is a closed system.

It is closed source in an increasingly open source world. It also seems to fly in the face of Web 2.0 philosophy embracing user-generated, community based content.

Not surprisingly, NEOM management approached the market with a outdated business model. As industry front runners they could have driven widespread adoption of qode and barcode technology by opening up the creation of 2D barcodes to the public. There is no better way to get qode software loaded onto mobile devices than offering free barcodes followed up by driving the user to NEOM's solution toward resolving the barcode.

But none of it really matters as I believe the entire package -- from the creation of barcodes to mobile device-wide software used for resolving the code -- will be open source. IMO, the money, from a technology standpoint, will be in offering a free "reader" supported by advertisements.