04 August 2009
Vacation Time
I’ll be away from the blog for a spell. I’ll get online and approve comments etc, when I can. Read More...
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04 August 2009
Real Interoperability Projects and Documentation
It’s been a while since I was part of the core team doing the broader interop work at Microsoft. I have become increasingly focused on global standards issues which is only a part of the bigger picture on interop. That said, I was just kicking around Read More...
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03 August 2009
A Simplified Discussion of “Open Standards” – Welcome to the Warehouse
My last post has driven some great discussion around what an open standard means. Heck, I think I was writing about “open” issues back in March of 2005. One could almost say it has become thematic. Given the comments from my last post, I thought it would Read More...
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02 August 2009
Balance of Contributors & Implementers: A Blog Answer to Rick Jelliffe’s Post
I love reading smart people’s blogs – and Rick is definitely among that group. I have really enjoyed reading his post, “ Standards media formats and licensing: JPEG vs. MPEG ” and then the associated post, “ Balance of Interest .” In the first one, Rick Read More...
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15 July 2009
Project Tuva – Physics for People Like Me
I read on CNET today that Bill Gates and Microsoft Research had collaborated to release a series of lectures by Dr. Richard Feynman in the mid-1960s. You should take a moment to watch the first lecture. Aside from the cheesy opening, it is really worth Read More...
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13 July 2009
Contribution, Collaboration, & Implementation – Standards Need Balance
Over the past few months, my passport has received more than its fair-share of stamps. I have spoken with people representing a broad swath of interests about standards and interoperability. A few of these meetings have touched on the role of “openness” Read More...
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11 July 2009
A Community of Standards Professionals @ Microsoft
The past year of work for me (since I was regularly blogging) has been all about follow through on lessons learned during OOXML. In short, the leadership of many national standards bodies and more than a few industry players requested that we maintain Read More...
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08 July 2009
Hello World…Again
It is time to start blogging again. I have received many emails asking where I went. The simple answer is…I’ve been working. I know that sounds lame, but the truth is that I have been heavily engaged in some internal projects at Microsoft and it was enough Read More...
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24 June 2008
A Macro Question About Microsoft And Standards - Oh Yeah - And Is Microsoft Really Committed to Open XML?
A colleague of mine, Stuart McKee, sat on a panel recently during a Red Hat event. His comments have drawn some attention, and now some FUD that I really feel needs to be addressed. First of all, you can see the coverage here , here , here , and here Read More...
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28 May 2008
Strategic Use of Collaborative Development in South Africa - Follow Up
Last week I wrote a blog entry stemming from my experience in South Africa and my impressions about the way the OSS preference policy is being considered. What has come of it is a string of rather pointed comments questioning my intelligence and calling Read More...
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21 May 2008
Open XML, ODF, PDF, and XPS in Office
Clearly the Press Announcement today from Microsoft will bring about another wave of discourse on the future of document formats. The really short version of this announcement is that Office is going to support ODF, PDF, and XPS in the product directly Read More...
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19 May 2008
The Politics of OSS Still Overshadow The Benefits of Collaborative Development
It has now been almost three years since I stepped away from working daily on open source opportunities for Microsoft. I've watched the team that took on Shared Source morph it into some extremely positive collaborative work that is exactly what OSS is Read More...
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23 April 2008
Participation in standards...
Just a quick note today. I am on the road meeting with MS people and later this week doing a bunch of external outreach work in South Africa as well. During the last few months there has been a good deal of rumblings about participation in committees, Read More...
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19 April 2008
IP, RAND, Standards, OSP, ISP - the conversation continues...
There have been numerous comments to my last blog posting, as well as a long response from Groklaw. Overall I am encouraged by the conversation as a whole because I think it is touching on some foundational issues. One of the most challenging aspects Read More...
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15 April 2008
More Open XML Discussion - more misunderstandings about standards and IP
There is much to talk about based on what has been happening in the discussion of Open XML these days. First, ISO has posted a FAQ about 29500. The approach taken in the FAQ is both direct and simplified. The rabbit hole on standards goes deep indeed, Read More...
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