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We’re now on the 9 th of May and the final version of OOXML is still not be published either by the ISO or the Ecma as they had to do so. This ongoing scandal affects the industry as a whole and proves once again that OOXML has never been an open standard.
The […]
Charles @ May 9, 2008
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I shall not complain that much about what happened with OOXML. In fact, the act of standardizing OOXML has not really brought any significant advantages to OOXML. ODF is an ISO standard and so is OOXML. That’s what I call a draw, and Microsoft has been battling hard for a bloody draw, as in the […]
Charles @ April 7, 2008
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It is now certain that OOXML has been approved by the national standards organizations. France finally abstained after an interesting last minute intervention by Microsoft. Odd things happened and the final announcement by the Afnor today would have been a farce if it had not been official.
It is always easy to claim you could […]
Charles @ March 31, 2008
OOo Postings, Open Standards, Ars Aperta, OpenDocument Format | Comments (0)
Today is Document Freedom Day: Roughly 200 teams from more than 60
countries worldwide are organising local activities to raise awareness
for Document Freedom and Open Standards. To support the initiatives
surrounding the first day to celebrate document liberation, DFD
starter packs containing a DFD flag, t-shirts and leaflets have been
sent to the first 100 registered teams over the […]
Charles @ March 26, 2008
OOo Postings, Open Standards, OOXML, OpenOffice.org, OpenDocument Format | Comments (2)
Today the Easter Bunny (that means me on this blog), who’s very early because it’s Good Friday but also the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad and the first day of Spring, is bringing you some links for you to read this week-end.
- Rick Jelliffe gets a cold shower by the SQL standard guru. Boy, that […]
Charles @ March 21, 2008
OOo Postings, Open Source, Free Software, OpenOffice.org, OpenDocument Format | Comments (9)
Very recently, the OpenOffice.org project has made two very important announced that will help shape the way the project will work and evolve in the future. As we are in the eve of the release of OpenOffice.org 2.4, I thought it might be the time to discuss the reasons underlying our recent choices.
First, […]
Charles @ March 10, 2008
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Hear, hear ! OpenOffice.org should be released on the 13 of March 2008. That means… soon. I thought I would link to the list new features of this last major release of OpenOffice.org before the 3.0. In short, this release will allow direct PDF import and limited handling of PDF/A. Other improvements include new […]
Charles @ March 6, 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
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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
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I think this is a question worth asking. Although this links to an article in French, you’ll probably get the idea: Bill Gates is visiting my beautiful city, Paris, just like many other well-known figures the U.S have brought to the world, such as Britney Spears, Georges W. Bush and Mr Potato. The major difference […]
Charles @ January 30, 2008