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There is a great conversation happening in the comments section of my last post about independent implementations of Open XML. Andy Updegrove asked a few questions (and later made some observations) along with a group of folks who are actively building...

One element that keeps coming up in the comments section to my blog is the idea of the quality of the specification. This argument is tied to the length of the specification and what that means for reviewers of the documents. Both of these have been huffed...

I have not poked at a blog posting of Matt Asay's in quite some time, so no time like the present. This morning I ended up reading a post he wrote for CNET on August 20, " GPL is the new BSD in Web2.0, and why this matters ." As always Matt is pulling...

Last week Microsoft announced that Silverlight 1.0 was being released. For those of you who may not be aware of what Silverlight is, you should go check it out at Microsoft.com. To quote the marketing pitch - Silverlight is, "a cross-browser, cross-platform...

It is always good to see someone with deep industry experience, and a sharp mind decide to add his voice to the blogosphere . I have known Oliver Bell for a number of years and have always been impressed with his mix of technical acumen and common sense...

As I said in my last post, Open XML did not get approved. Frankly I was going to leave the topic alone for a while given that the process now moves to the ballot resolution process, but someone pointed me to a posting by Rob Weir of IBM that raises questions...

Earlier today, ISO put out a press release stating that Open XML did not reach the required super-majority for approval as an international standard. The release states that 53% submitted yes votes, and 26% no. Thus, both the requirement for the 2/3 super...