Ramblings and observations on real and virtual life, open source, and standards On March 11 I decided to move away from using Microsoft Windows XP as my primary work operating system on my IBM-supplied Thinkpad T60p. I’ve offered progress reports on ...
I get sent a lot of material on OOXML by people around the world, and I presume I’m not the only recipient. A lot of it is, frankly, rather funny, since it assumes that the people reading it won’t ever double check what they’re being told or compare it ...
Ramblings and observations on real and virtual life, open source, and standards I’m in Geneva this week because I’m taking part in the Open Forum Europe conference “Standards and the Future of the Internet.” In addition, of course, the ISO/IEC OOXML ...
While all the drama is unfolding before the OOXML Ballot Resolution Meeting in Geneva at the end of February and the subsequent 30 day period while countries can still change their vote, I thought I would point out something that I assume is fairly ...
Ramblings and observations on real and virtual life, open source, and standards Last week I started a series of blog entries about my personal view of challenges and priorities for this year. That first entry was about open standards and today I’m ...
Ramblings and observations on real and virtual life, open source, and standards In early August I stated in this blog that after the OOXML JTC1 ballot closed on September 2, the sun would rise, the birds would sing, and so on. As we are now at the end ...
Ramblings and observations on real and virtual life, open source, and standards It’s old news now, but ISO has announced that OOXML failed to meet both of the criteria for success in the Five Month Ballot Period. Andy Updegrove and Pam Jones have the ...
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