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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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Filed under: Open Source Software, Open Standards, Interoperability, Interop, Open XML, Intellectual Property, IP, Software Business Models, Standards, Open Specification Promise

 

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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Filed under: Open Source Software, Open Standards, Interoperability, Interop, Open XML, Intellectual Property, IP, Standards, Open Specification Promise

 

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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Filed under: Open Source Software, Open Standards, Interoperability, Interop, Open XML, Intellectual Property, IP

 

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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Filed under: Shared Source Programs, Open Source Software, Open Standards, Interoperability, Interop, Open XML, Intellectual Property, IP