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*****Updated From Original Posting***** Swashbuckler (who makes frequent, cogent arguments in the comments on my blog) made a comment on my last posting which I think is a good point of discussion. My understanding is that the performance issue...

I was recently pointed to an blog posting by George Ou over at ZDNet. Performance matters. http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=196

I'd like to highlight three really bright Microsoft guys who live over in Europe. They are deeply invovled with technology and our customers and have a wealth of industry experience. All three of them are active bloggers and worth the read: Jonathan...

Interesting piece about the relationship between "open" and consulting revenues. I have long been banging the drum that those businesses with primary revenue streams attached to consulting practices have a strong incentive to push open source solutions...

Brian Jones has posted the news that Draft 1.3 of the Open XML format spec has been posted. He has a solid blog entry on the news and rather than paraphrase it, I just copied it over here. - Jason ***** From Brian Jones' Blog ***** Draft 1.3 of...

For those of you with interest in the tech side of the XML-based file format discussion, I'd recommend you check out Brian Jones' blog . Here is a great entry on performance issues. http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2006/05/16/599096.aspx

A point I have made often in my blog over the past year and a half is about the commercial implications of "open" solutions. The fact is, the big money and human resources being applied to projects such as the ODF specification process and/or large OSS...

I know that Tim Bray has recently suggested that I am in la la land and spewing various forms of manure on my blog and in the press. I generally assume that my wife is the only one that would make such a suggestion – but hey I’ve been known to be wrong...

Part 2 in the series: Ecosystems Based On Open Formats Another important issue that keeps surfacing in the standard-based format discussion is how the availability of open data formats (Open XML or OpenDocument) enables the growth of an ecosystem of...

A good editorial from the San Jose Mercury News. San Jose Mercury News Too much tech regulation would hinder services of IT specialists By Alan Weinberger May 10, 2006 http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/14543676...

Part 1 in the series: Interoperability Let's start with the real issue at hand - interoperability. Our customers care about interoperability. In fact, they rank it right up there with security and reliability when they consider what is most important...

For the past four weeks I have been attending to my work helping Microsoft rethink its approach to software standards. A great deal of that work involves addressing internal issues as to how we think about interoperability and the role that standards...