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The times, there are a’changing

Web 2.0, OpenOffice.org | Comments (0)

As the OOoCON 2007 is now over, some of you may ask what OpenOffice.org has in store for 2007 and 2008?
That’s a good question. I’ll try to answer it. There will be two major milestones for OpenOffice.org in 2008. The first one will be the final agreement on MS OOXML. The outcome of this decision […]

Charles @ September 27, 2007

Good Bye, Barcelona!

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So the conference is now in its last day and slowly drawing to an end.
More interesting conferences to attend. I’m now at a conference showing the famous « Symphony » from IBM. It has a really nice interface is based on OpenOffice.org but works through the Eclipse framework (Eclipse being used as a rich […]

Charles @ September 21, 2007

Live from the OOoCON in Barcelona

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Today was the first « real » day of the conference.
I’m just done with my own presentation whose slides are available on the conference web site. Live coverage is done by Kiberpipa, a great team from Slovenia who’s been working with us ever since three years. Kudos to them!
Now Rob Weir is talking about interoperability (much […]

Charles @ September 19, 2007

Native-Language Party in Barcelona

OpenOffice.org, General | Comments (0)

This year I feel we’re going to have a great OpenOffice.org Conference, and that’s not just because I love Barcelona.
I would like to invite the conference attendants to what has now become a tradition in the OOoCons, the Native-Language Party. Those parties are interesting opportunities to socialize and meet interesting persons. If I remember well, […]

Charles @ September 14, 2007

On Merging

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One much advertised part of the answer made by the Afnorwas the proposal to merge OOXML and ODF.
I always thought that it was a great idea, because it sounds to me as a realistic way out to settle the dual standards conundrum. This concrete solution is also workable in a transparent and standard way: The […]

Charles @ September 10, 2007

Rage and Fury

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So the world voted against MS OOXML. (No more OpenXML, please. Masks have falled down now.)
The question that is worth asking now is  threefold.

Should the ISO accept to continue the OOXML standardization, through the process called the Ballot Resolution Meeting, considering the  factual evidences of bribery, pressure, and falsification  that have been recorded worldwide? I […]

Charles @ September 9, 2007

Welcome to Charles’s new blog

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So you have come here following the link from libervis.com/blogs/5/charles
Congratulations ! More to come here (with a better look, bells and whistles, and a true human presence) later.
Stay tuned!
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Charles @ September 5, 2007


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