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19 May 2008
The Politics of OSS Still Overshadow The Benefits of Collaborative Development
It has now been almost three years since I stepped away from working daily on open source opportunities for Microsoft. I've watched the team that took on Shared Source morph it into some extremely positive collaborative work that is exactly what OSS is Read More...
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23 April 2008
Participation in standards...
Just a quick note today. I am on the road meeting with MS people and later this week doing a bunch of external outreach work in South Africa as well. During the last few months there has been a good deal of rumblings about participation in committees, 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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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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12 December 2007
The Digital World of Music - Business Models Continued
I think the discussion on my last posting about digital music was great. If this topic interests you, you should take a moment to see the comments thread as people posted some really thoughtful stuff. In case you didn't see this - the New York Times reported Read More...
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05 December 2007
Music Subscription Service - The Winning Consumer Model IMHO
I recently blogged about the fact that I was looking at my options for what music device and service would be my next purchase. The sexiest devices are clearly from Apple now - but the business model is the thing I don't want. My music collection up until Read More...
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04 December 2007
Multiple Formats Discussion Continued...
I just have itchy fingers tonight, and can't help but blog a bit more. Peter Galli over at eWeek posted a piece in which I was quoted along with extensive input from Gary Edwards (late of the OpenDocument Foundation). In the piece, Mr. Edwards talks at Read More...
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