February 2008 - Posts

29 February 2008
The Open XML Ballot Resolution Meeting (BRM) Was An Unqualified Success
The DIS 29500 ballot resolution meeting (BRM) finished up in Geneva today and was an unqualified success by any measure. A few things need to be kept top of mind as national bodies solidify their position within the next 30 days: A BRM is about technical Read More...
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28 February 2008
Geneva Day 3 - Open XML BRM, OFE Event, and the blogosphere continued...
First An article in CIO Magazine online The CIO of Denmark comments that no matter what happens at the BRM or in the following month, they will still use Open XML and ODF. The articles asserts that the CIO considers Open XML an open standard and one of Read More...
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26 February 2008
Open XML BRM Day 2 Thoughts
Well it would seem that facts, rumors, and opinions are flowing fast and hard from Geneva. There have been some substantive opinions being shared around that are interesting. I'll focus on 2 topics for today. 1) Patrick Durusau - the project editor for Read More...
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25 February 2008
Many Eyes on Geneva - Open XML Ballot Resolution Meeting
Well the bubble and churn of press and blogs is just getting going. It is worth mentioning that the process is supposed to be confidential per the rules of JTC 1 (ISO posted a press release today that is worth reading). I know that many delegations are Read More...
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20 February 2008
Microsoft Takes Next Step In Delivering Interoperability
Today Microsoft made a substantive announcement about interoperability and I’d like to discuss the elements of the announcement on my blog. The Announcement As many of the readers of this blog know, I have been working on interop issue for MS over the Read More...
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20 February 2008
Sage Words From Patrick Durusau (ODF Project Editor)
I included a reference to Partick's open letter in my posting of yesterday. The more I thought about it, the more it occurred to me that it was important to elevate this. Patrick Durusau is well respected in the international standardization community Read More...
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19 February 2008
Open XML: The BRM...The BRM...Oh My!...The BRM
After more than a year of writing about standardization of document formats, we sit on the verge of the ballot resolution meeting in Geneva next week. As expected, there is a great deal of kafluffle surround the event. The anti-Open XML folks are doing Read More...
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13 February 2008
Burton Group Conversation on Doc Formats
If you haven't seen this - there is an interesting conversation under way over at the Burton Group's blog. It references a study they put out a while back and the response to it from the ODF Alliance. Here are the links: The original report - What's Up Read More...
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12 February 2008
Doc Formats and the State of Minnesota
Last summer, I spent an enjoyable day with a wide range of people in Minneapolis. There were a few weeks there where Microsoft, IBM, Adobe and others had quite a few subject matter experts to talk about document formats. At the time, a piece of legislation Read More...
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