What do you think is the role of research topic in deciding your future career?

Future has no certainty. As defined from the Webster’s dictionary, it is “referring to time yet to come” or “that is to be”. No one can predict his own future. Not even the most brilliant and intelligent person in out planet. Maybe, they just keep on guessing. In our modern world, things are getting simpler to be done from time to time, new discoveries have been found, which all in all have the impact to bring advantages for the lives of the people around the globe—and this is the power of research.
In my own perception, a research topic can be a result of one’s field of interest. One may choose to go on with a particular topic because he or she might have the passion or knowledge for that certain matter or the “curiosity” led them to pick that particular research topic to expand their understanding about it. Research topic serves as a guide or map to a person in pursuing his or her future career. A person may use his research topic to decide with what he is going to land. One may pursue a research because that is his or her interest or maybe it is his or her specialty, or he or she has the expertise for it. If one follows his /heart, he/she will definitely reach his goals.

Benefits of Open Standards

Having been introduced to Open Standards, I think the top benefits of using Open Standards is that, for the part of the developers, they have all the rights to improve and enhance a particular software since it is "open standards", meaning, they can do whatever they want to as long as they will meet the requirements for the open standards। Eventually, the end-users will then have the all-access privilege with the finish products of the developers for a minimal cost and much better, downloadable and for free.

What is FOSS?

In my own perception, FOSS, or Free and Open Source Software, as the meaning of the acronym describes is "free and can be easily accessed by the end-users compared with proprietary software, and is also subjected for modification such as upgrades, or developments to enhance its features".
As it has been written by Eric Raymond in a seminal paper on the FOSS model entitled The Cathedral and the Bazaar,"Open-source software [is] the process of systematically harnessing open development and decentralized peer review to lower costs and improve software quality."
This statement, clearly states that FOSS is formulated to minimize the costs on purchasing softwares by continually developing it to improve its quality. In my own view, FOSS is good to patonize since it requires lesser amount to procure it. It's just that there must be excellent, if not, aggressive software developers to pursue it for the quality to get better and better.
try to check this link for further understanding:
http://nosi.net/choosing-and-using-free-and-open-source-software-primer-nonprofits/chapter-2-what-foss