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2007

Good Bye, Barcelona!

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 …

Live from the OOoCON in Barcelona

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 …

Native-Language Party in Barcelona

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 …

On Merging

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 …

Rage and Fury

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 …