Open Standards, OOXML | Comments (2)
Update: I think the article from CIO says it all. The Head of Delegation of the ANSI (USA) explains what went wrong. I think it’s a pity that the BRM ended up like this. In a nutshell, the whole idea of the BRM was to discuss the proposals from Ecma and the comments made by the delegations, […]
Charles @ February 29, 2008
This example of corporate citizenship is striking, and brought me to tears. Microsoft helps NGOs in India, a fascinating country with a fast-growing economy, but unfortunately with strong social inequalities and poverty. I find it deeply moving, and socially responsible that such a large and wealthy corporation has found the resources to help those who […]
Charles @ February 29, 2008
Open Standards, OOo Postings, OOXML, Open Source, OpenOffice.org, Free Software, OpenDocument Format | Comments (0)
Before you run away from this page thinking that I will vomit the snakes of hell on Microsoft’s latest press release, I just wanted clarify that it will not be the case, because I think the message Microsoft has sent yesterday has been completely misunderstood. Here’s why.
To be sure, this press release should be taken […]
Charles @ February 22, 2008
OOo Postings, Open Standards, OOXML | Comments (4)
Short Answer: When it becomes manipulation. And before some of the Microsofties coiled in their upscale building of the rue de l’Université in Paris start to wonder if they should not be doing something about me, let me just point you to this link: The now famous Plamondon Files, one of whose is adequately named […]
Charles @ February 19, 2008
Open Standards, OOXML, Ars Aperta | Comments (1)
I think my trip to Geneva is going to be exciting. Exciting and interesting at the same time. There will be surprizes, laughters, and laments. But mind you, Geneva does not matter. It never mattered. The OOXML camp is trying to lure you into thinking that anything bad that could happen in Geneva during the […]
Charles @ February 18, 2008
Open Standards, OOXML, Ars Aperta, Web 2.0 | Comments (3)
The title of this piece is an old French saying. You will soon understand what it means. Forget a moment about the Microsoft-Yahoo stories. They’re important, although even the best take on them, in my opinion, still largely misses one important element of the proposed deal: Namely, that such an acquisition of Yahoo! by Microsoft […]
Charles @ February 8, 2008
Open Standards, OOXML, Ars Aperta, Web 2.0, General | Comments (1)
Microsoft claims it was IBM who really screwed the whole OOXML standardization process. I beg to differ. Ars Aperta did most of the work! And it does not stop there. Ars Aperta is secretly in command of IBM (that’s the High Command Center against Microsoft and Everything American I have been mentioning here from time […]
Charles @ February 1, 2008