Computers have the potential to bring people closer, all this by letting them share, work and play together in a way that wasn't possible before. Finding others with the same interest, that want products or services that we can provide, is a lot easier and faster to do.
But for all this to work as well as we need and want it to, there needs to be a higher level of interoperability among the software that is used for the same purposes. Any software that lock users to keep using it, without the possibility of changing to another one for whatever reason the user want to, should not be allowed in any way, shape or form.
The user should have full control over the data that it's managed, and how the software interacts with the rest of the system. Not only that, the user should be able to study the source code and to make any modification to it if there is a need to do so. Once the any software is install on the user's system, it can't do anything else than it's intended purpose without the user's consent.
It's key that the user remains in full control of any data that's put into the software. Not only that, the user should be be able to share with others or make the best use for his interests.
The user's interest should be above all other's, people need to be free to use their data as they see fit. Without interoperability users loose control over their data, and what they can do with it. It effectively ties the user to the fate of a single vendor.
Interoperability needs to be the norm on software, since it benefits the user's the most.
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