Fascinating article about the follow-up of the Google-Oracle lawsuit; of course, it’s worth pointing out that despite all the FUD, the “patent case” itself is over. In a different style and on a different topic, yet still belonging to the FOSS/Legal discussion, here are Richard Fontana’s latest presentation slides, specifically …
On the 7th of May 2012 The Document Foundation has announced its first certification program. This certification is aimed at professionals who are interested in having their skillset certified in order to provide professional services to their customers. The program is currently being rolled out, in fact the first official …
As the British Cabinet Office opened a consultation on open standards and the best procurement practices for the United Kingdom’s public sector a wave of lobbyists, flown in from the US or just homegrown on British soil, came flocking the Cabinet offices near St James a few weeks ago. The …
A few video picks gathered around the Nets… Enjoy the newborn Spring and happy Easter everyone. Congi – Somnium (Triangle/Circle/Square) from Paulo R on Vimeo. POP LE CHEVAL from Kristof Brandl on Vimeo. Madeon – Pop Culture (live mashup) from Harde Baas Paard Productions on Vimeo. She …
Matters of heritage can be tricky to solve. Every family out there has had and will have its share of feuds, issues and tears. People don’t always stick together. Should we expect any better from corporations and organisations such as Free & Open Source Software projects? Today I would like …
Today is a day that’s obviously quite unique in our calendar; the next 29th of February will be in 4 years from now; but a Wednesday, 29th of February will only happpen in 40 years from now. Therefore this blog should be celebrating with “something completely different” to quote Sir …
It was quite a month for the Document Foundation; the press rightly picked our three main announcements: the 3.5 release, the foundation’s incorporation and our partnership with Intel. I would like to go back to the foundation matter and show why the two other announcements are made more significant by …
This is an edited version of a post of mine on the discuss mailing list of LibreOffice. The thread is ongoing at the moment I’m editing this post. Feedback and questions welcome. Listening to user feedback hardly makes up a democracy. It’s user feedback. In some cases it might be …
It is official. Two months and a half after I claimed all these “last chance” european summits would amount to nothing really important and would not change the course of the present events, France lost its “sacred” triple A ratings. Given that many people explained how unreliable these rating agencies …