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Some evidence the Internet can help

Below you will find some links to resources that provide information on a broad range of topics, but each of them shows what can be achieved to help such things as transparency, free markets, democracy, and participation. Some of them accuse, others help promote and build a better world. Don’t …

From Darkness to Light

The Enlightenment is best described as an intellectual and philosophical movement that helped shape the European civilization in the XVIIIth century. In a way, it is the time where Europe entered what is sometimes referred as the « modern times ». Unlike the movie with Charlie Chaplin bearing the same …

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 …

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 …

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