March 2007 - Posts

19 March 2007
FoxPro Going to CodePlex

I just saw that Microsoft is moving FoxPro to the CodePlex site. In other words, as the company has made a decision not to move FoxPro beyond the 9.0 version it will enable the dev community that is passionate about the technology to continue to work Read More...

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Filed under: Shared Source Programs, Open Source Software, IP

 

13 March 2007
Open XML In The ISO Process

I was travelling in Europe last week and meeting a variety of people regarding interoperability, Open XML/ODF, and intellectual property issues. It was an excellent trip and, as usual, learned a great deal about what people really care about on these Read More...

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Filed under: Open Standards, Interoperability, Open XML, IP

 

12 March 2007
ComputerWorld Article - ISO moves Open XML to Balloting

Today, Eric Lai has reported that ISO is moving Open XML into the 5-month balloting period. The ISO process continues to move forward and the next few months will prove to be very interesting. Just as we saw in Eric's other story regarding the submissions Read More...

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Filed under: Open Standards, Interoperability, Interop, Open XML

 

07 March 2007
Novell Releases Open XML Translator for OpenOffice

On March 5, Novell announced on the PR Blog the availability of the Open XML Translator for the Novell edition of OpenOffice. The more I speak with people about the issues around document formats, the more clear it becomes that translation is critical Read More...

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Filed under: Open Standards, Interoperability, Interop, Open XML

 

05 March 2007
Document Format Legislation - Something To Be Avoided

Recently, a number of elected officials in U.S. state governments have been taking a closer look at document formats. Minnesota, Texas, California, and Oregon are the most active voices today while Massachusetts was the first to start examining the issue. Read More...

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Filed under: Open Standards, Interoperability, Interop, Open XML

 

04 March 2007
Doc Format Legislation - elevating a great comment

Here is a comment submitted to an earlier blog posting about doc formats. For those of my readers who don't know, my mother was a member of the NY State Assembly for a decade and her Chief of Staff (if that is the right title) recently posted into my Read More...

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