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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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06 March 2008
Interop & Open XML Grab Bag
Busy, busy, busy. So many things going on at once. I have been meaning to write about a few items all week and just haven't gotten to them. In the middle of all the excitement around the BRM, there have been some very positive steps taken on the interop Read More...
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14 November 2007
Just Sittin' - Pickin' A DAISY: translation and doc formats
In case you missed the news on this yesterday - Microsoft and the DAISY (Digital Accessible Information SYstem) consortia announced that Microsoft Office will support "Save As" DAISY using Open XML files in Office XP, Office 2003, and Office 2007. This 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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19 August 2007
Open XML - US Vote Progress Continues
I have spent the past 2 weeks looking at really big trees and getting my perspective reset as it applies to scale and time. Yet, as I come back to email and industry news, things are still moving along with Open XML. I have been in touch with a bunch 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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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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12 February 2007
IPRs As Collaboration Framework
Sometimes you just have to write a response to a comment up here at the top level of the blog rather than down in the depths of the comments section. Matt Asay took my last posting and went to town on it (although he had a more thoughtful approach to Read More...
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06 February 2007
Open XML - ISO/IEC Standardization
Well, the big news for the day is the discussion about the ISO/IEC standardization of Open XML. A few things to remember as the IBM spin machine kicks into full gear tomorrow: Ecma 376, Open XML Document Format, is an international standard and was recommended Read More...
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15 November 2006
Thank You For The Feedback
Most of the time I try to respond to the comments that come into my blog. There has been a rush of comments since the linking of my posting to a few news articles. 1) Thank you for the comments - I know many of you are skeptical about this process, and Read More...
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23 October 2006
Interoperability By design - Sender ID Under the OSP
As promised, we have announced the next specifications to be covered by the open specification promise . Sender ID is a critically important set of technologies designed to counter the problems of spoofing, phishing, and malware through spam. Over the Read More...
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14 September 2006
Blanket Statements & IP Decision Making
I called out in my last blog entry the fact that my friend David was making a foray into blogging and he was welcomed by a fairly hostile, self-styled, “ rant” by Dana Blankenhorn at ZDNET . First of all, Mr. Blankenhorn – the whole point of the blogosphere Read More...
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12 September 2006
Open Specification Promise
***Updated with links at end*** ***Updating again with more links*** It would seem that I needed some impetus to get out of my summer blogging slump. Or as some would point out, my chronic condition of inconsistent blogging. I would venture a guess that Read More...
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06 July 2006
Open XML Translator
As usual, I'm slow in my blog posting - but I've been a bit busy on the back end working with a great team of people to get the Open XML Translator out the door. (You can read more about it here ) Some good posts on this from others: from the Office team Read More...
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