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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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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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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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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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16 November 2007
Interoperability For Accessibility
I have been on the road the past week, and it has kept me from sitting down to write about two steps Microsoft has taken in the past week and half, and what I see happening around accessibility technologies. Just to make sure I have my terms clear - accessibility Read More...
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05 October 2007
The Benefit of Interop for Novell's Business
The past two weeks have been crazy for me, and blogging has taken a back seat. Just to get myself back into it I thought I would comment on a news item I saw concerning Novell's business. This comes from ZDNet UK : Novell has claimed its Linux business Read More...
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09 September 2007
Silverlight / Moonlight - Innovation and Interop
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 Read More...
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25 July 2007
Grab Bag Today - More on Open XML, Iron Projects, IBM's Spec Pledge
A couple of things to pop up on my blog today: Stephen McGibbon wrote a blog posting this week about Open XML and his participation in Portugal. There has been commentary about this up on Groklaw and Stephen addresses those issues directly. [Adding to Read More...
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29 June 2007
Open XML and ODF - What Do You Want To Encourage
I have been traveling through Europe this week talking to people about interop generally, and with many people about Open XML. I am really encouraged by what I'm hearing from people as they think about the role of formats in the broader discussions of Read More...
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25 June 2007
Denmark Says ODF and Open XML Ok
In one of the most thorough and intensive periods of scrutiny for any type of standard, the Danish government has decided to make both ODF and Open XML document formats mandatory as of Jan. 1, 2008. While I still believe that mandated standards are not Read More...
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01 June 2007
Java Dev for Open XML
A common concern raised by the opponents to the standardization work we're involved in for Open XML has been the idea that there is no way to independently manipulate the documents outside of Microsoft Office. We have been saying that is not the case, Read More...
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30 May 2007
Translate This!
Just a quick note. I was pointed at this list of file formats on Wikipedia. The document formats list alone is almost 40 items long. My takeaway from this list is all about the richness of innovation in software. The formats are representations of the Read More...
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