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03 December 2008
German Federal Government to Support ODF
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Nicht slecht : Der IT-Rat der Bundesregierung hat beschlossen, das offene Dokumentenformat ODF (ISO 26300) in der Bundesverwaltung schrittwe...
21 October 2008
Why OpenOffice.org Failed – and What to Do About It
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Last week I noted that the release of OpenOffice.org 3.0 seems to mark an important milestone in its adoption, judging at least by the healt...
20 October 2008
Under the Aegis of AEGIS
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Accessibility rarely figures in the headlines – unless there's some competitive angle, as there was with ODF's supposed lack of acce...
06 October 2008
Microsoft's OOXML Endgame Revealed?
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One of the mysteries concerning Microsoft's attempts to deal with the threat ODF poses to its stranglehold on the office suite sector is...
26 September 2008
A Victory (of Sorts) for e-Petitions
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It's easy to be cynical about 10 Downing Street's e-petitions (I should know). But here's a case where it might even have done...
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16 September 2008
BECTA Back in Play
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Just in case you thought things were getting a little dull in the world of UK computing compared to, say, UK finance, here comes the BECTA r...
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10 September 2008
A2K Goes ODF
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Access to Knowledge is an important movement designed to make knowledge, well, more accessible. Its conferences a serious knees-up where the...
22 August 2008
Why Kindle Must Support ODF
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I'm not a Kindle user. In part, because it's not available in the UK, but also because it seems too closed in terms of its overall ...
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12 June 2008
The Subtle Art of Open Source Migrations
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On Open Enterprise blog .
11 May 2008
A Word in Your Ear
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A little while back I gave Peter Murray-Rust a hard time for daring to suggest that OOXML might be acceptable for archiving purposes. Here&...
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05 May 2008
When is a Standard Not a Standard?
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On Open Enterprise blog .
01 May 2008
Multiple Implementations vs. Multiple Standards
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I've written many times about the distinction between multiple competing impementations of a standard, which promote competition because...
09 April 2008
The Fat Norwegian Lady Sings
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Geir goes for it : We were robbed of victory in ISO by a mere 3 votes. Without the irregularities in Norway, that would have been just 2 vot...
07 April 2008
The FT on OOXML: Dr Johnson Applies
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On Open Enterprise blog .
BECTA Backs ODF
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One of the most heartening developments on the UK computing scene has been the evolution of BECTA, "the Government's lead agency fo...
31 March 2008
Microsoft's Great Besmirching
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On Linux Journal .
26 March 2008
Gobsmacked by Microsoft
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I wrote before about Microsoft's attempts to "encourage" India to vote in favour of OOXML. That gambit failed, and what do ...
Happy Document Freedom Day
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Today is Document Freedom Day . So, why should we care? In a world where records are increasingly kept in electronic form, Open Standards a...
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25 March 2008
Understanding Standards
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On Open Enterprise blog .
Something in the Air
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For those readers (assuming I still have any) who wonder why I witter on about topics that seem distant from that exciting free software stu...
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