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        <entry>
+               <title type="html">Translating OpenOffice.org extensions</title>
+               <link 
href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/03/translating-openofficeorg-extensions.html"/>
+               
<id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-7888011759649598452</id>
+               <updated>2009-03-03T14:44:04+00:00</updated>
+               <content type="html">One very important feature in 
OpenOffice.org is the ability to extend the functionality of the program with 
extensions. Most public extensions can be found in the official extension 
repository here: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/.It is very 
important for the community, that as many extensions as possible are localized 
or translated into as many languages as possible. There is a tool</content>
+               <author>
+                       <name>Leif Lodahl</name>
+                       <email>[email protected]</email>
+                       
<uri>http://lodahl.blogspot.com/search/label/OpenOffice.org</uri>
+               </author>
+               <source>
+                       <title type="html">Lodahl's blog</title>
+                       <subtitle type="html">OpenOffice.org, open source 
software and open standards. These are the three things you can read about on 
my blog. I'll try to keep you updated on news and events in Denmark.
+Okay, sometimes you can read about Lotus Notes too</subtitle>
+                       <link rel="self" 
href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/OpenOffice.org"/>
+                       <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169</id>
+                       <updated>2009-03-03T18:00:37+00:00</updated>
+               </source>
+       </entry>
+
+       <entry xml:lang="en">
+               <title type="html">Thirty years old and still no 
Tom-Tom…</title>
+               <link 
href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/03/03/thirty-years-old-and-still-no-tom-tom/"/>
+               
<id>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/03/03/thirty-years-old-and-still-no-tom-tom/</id>
+               <updated>2009-03-03T13:35:56+00:00</updated>
+               <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a 
href=&quot;http://www.laquadrature.net/HADOPI&quot; title=&quot;HADOPI - Le Net 
en France : black-out&quot;&gt;&lt;img 
src=&quot;http://media.laquadrature.net/Quadrature_black-out_HADOPI_728x90px.gif&quot;
 border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;HADOPI - Le Net en France : black-out&quot; 
/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Today I am thirty. And today, I have decided I would post a blog that 
would not be different from the my other posts. How&amp;#8217;s that for 
genuine originality? So today&amp;#8217;s topic will be a round-up of news on 
OpenDocument Format (ODF). It has been a long time I haven&amp;#8217;t updated 
this area.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;ul&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;ODF 1.2 is well underway. The arrival of a flurry of new members 
inside the ODF Technical Committee who have illustrated themselves as 
proponents of OOXML is a bit fun to watch I must say. But I have to command the 
general serenity of the Committee and its chairs, Rob Weir and Michael Brauer 
for their quiet and effective management of the proceedings. I think the only 
thing that is to be hoped for is that we can finish the completion of this ODF 
sub-version. Also, and of some interest, I can only recommend  &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/&quot;&gt;the reading of 
the archives of the Committee&amp;#8217;s discussions online&lt;/a&gt; where 
interesting concepts on extensions and conformance are being 
discussed.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Some « lighter » news but as serious: the future of ODF does not 
just depend on the OASIS ODF Technical Committee. It depends on you. You are 
encouraged to provide ideas for the future versions of ODF « ODF-Next » . 
The Committee has wanted this to be inclusive of everyone&amp;#8217;s 
participation as explained  &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://opendocument.xml.org/news/oasis-welcomes-input-for-odf-next&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;We did know that at some point in time, Microsoft Office would 
support ODF. It seems the wait is  &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://blogs.technet.com/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2008/10/22/announcing-service-pack-2-sp2-for-the-2007-microsoft-office-system.aspx&quot;&gt;almost
 over these days&lt;/a&gt;. You will recall I was originally very supportive of 
the idea of Microsoft Office natively supporting ODF; then, I took some time 
reading the fine print and I grew a bit wary of what the Microsoft engineers 
were saying about the limits their implementation of ODF would be constrained 
to. At this point in time we do not have the Service Pack 2 of Microsoft Office 
2007. What we do know however, is a couple of things that got me thinking: ODF 
support will only be available in the latest, patched version of Microsoft 
Office 2007. It will have some limitations and the feature will not be put 
prominently in the hands of the users, so to speak. I wonder why ODF 
shouldn&amp;#8217;t be Microsoft Office&amp;#8217;s default format or if the 
default configuration would be more effective with an icon on the user 
interface. After all, ODF is an ISO standard and people, governments, 
businesses demand it (at this stage it&amp;#8217;s not even clear if OOXML was 
even requested by anyone who was not already part of Ecma and had vested 
interests in siding on with Microsoft&amp;#8230;), so why not make that 
jump?&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;This also got me thinking:  &lt;em&gt;ODF support in MS Office is a 
good idea.&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;span&gt;Don&amp;#8217;t get me wrong on this. I wish 
however were extended to other products of the Microsoft stack, such as 
Sharepoint, Microsoft Dynamics and even Microsoft Internet Explorer. Why? I do 
not advocate this strategic move with ulterior motives of having Microsoft 
fail. Precisely not: The only way for Microsoft to survive is to embrace Open 
Standards, transparency and perhaps Open Source in some way. So let Microsoft 
do it the whole way. If the market demands ODF, let it have it and let it have 
a real choice, where Microsoft would actually be a compelling one for good. I 
am confident Microsoft folks are having some discussion on this internally. But 
there is at the very least two sides inside the company, and any attempt to 
play well with the Open Source Community (for the sake of not playing fair with 
the Free Software part of the community) is unfortunately matched by opposite 
and hostile moves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;
+&lt;p&gt; &lt;span&gt;Which brings me to the Microsoft vs. Tom-Tom case. This 
is one more story where software patents hamper innovation. Add to this the 
general timing of the case: Tom-Tom is an European company operating in the 
automotive industry. You can understand now why the European Union has to stand 
firmly by its automotive sector&amp;#8230;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;/ul&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;left&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p class=&quot;akst_link&quot;&gt;&lt;a 
href=&quot;http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=117&amp;akst_action=share-this&quot;
 title=&quot;E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc.&quot; 
id=&quot;akst_link_117&quot; class=&quot;akst_share_link&quot; 
rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Share This&lt;/a&gt;
+&lt;/p&gt;</content>
+               <author>
+                       <name>Charles Schulz</name>
+                       <uri>http://standardsandfreedom.net</uri>
+               </author>
+               <source>
+                       <title type="html">Moved by Freedom - Powered by 
Standards » OOo Postings</title>
+                       <subtitle type="html">A weblog by Charles-H. 
Schulz.</subtitle>
+                       <link rel="self" 
href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/category/ooo-postings/feed"/>
+                       
<id>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/category/ooo-postings/feed</id>
+                       <updated>2009-03-03T18:00:18+00:00</updated>
+               </source>
+       </entry>
+
+       <entry>
                <title type="html">Visit the OpenOffice.org Planet</title>
                <link 
href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/visit_the_openoffice_org_planet"/>
                <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/4bf4c8489d81ecc1</id>
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-                       <updated>2009-03-03T12:00:16+00:00</updated>
+                       <updated>2009-03-03T18:00:20+00:00</updated>
                </source>
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@@ -48,7 +110,7 @@
                        <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to 
OpenOffice.org</subtitle>
                        <link rel="self" 
href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/>
                        
<id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id>
-                       <updated>2009-03-02T18:00:32+00:00</updated>
+                       <updated>2009-03-03T18:00:39+00:00</updated>
                </source>
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                        <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google 
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-                       <updated>2009-03-03T12:00:16+00:00</updated>
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 Okay, sometimes you can read about Lotus Notes too</subtitle>
                        <link rel="self" 
href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/OpenOffice.org"/>
                        <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169</id>
-                       <updated>2009-03-01T18:00:27+00:00</updated>
+                       <updated>2009-03-03T18:00:37+00:00</updated>
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-                       <updated>2009-03-03T12:00:16+00:00</updated>
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 Okay, sometimes you can read about Lotus Notes too</subtitle>
                        <link rel="self" 
href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/OpenOffice.org"/>
                        <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169</id>
-                       <updated>2009-03-01T18:00:27+00:00</updated>
+                       <updated>2009-03-03T18:00:37+00:00</updated>
                </source>
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                        <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to 
OpenOffice.org</subtitle>
                        <link rel="self" 
href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/>
                        
<id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id>
-                       <updated>2009-03-02T18:00:32+00:00</updated>
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 Okay, sometimes you can read about Lotus Notes too</subtitle>
                        <link rel="self" 
href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/OpenOffice.org"/>
                        <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169</id>
-                       <updated>2009-03-01T18:00:27+00:00</updated>
+                       <updated>2009-03-03T18:00:37+00:00</updated>
                </source>
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-                       <updated>2009-03-03T12:00:16+00:00</updated>
+                       <updated>2009-03-03T18:00:20+00:00</updated>
                </source>
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                        <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to 
OpenOffice.org</subtitle>
                        <link rel="self" 
href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/>
                        
<id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id>
-                       <updated>2009-03-02T18:00:32+00:00</updated>
+                       <updated>2009-03-03T18:00:39+00:00</updated>
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-       <entry>
-               <title type="html">Still have some wishes for Base?</title>
-               <link 
href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/still_have_some_wishes_for"/>
-               <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/d1987600f0c8e2c6</id>
-               <updated>2009-02-19T08:16:15+00:00</updated>
-               <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Recently, I &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/if_you_had_3_wishes&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;
-which &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Base/Features/Pool&quot;&gt;features&lt;/a&gt;
-you would most like to see implemented in &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://dba.openoffice.org/&quot;&gt;OpenOffice.org
-Base&lt;/a&gt;. I asked you to send your feedback to
-&lt;a 
href=&quot;mailto:[email protected]&quot;&gt;[email protected]&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
 
-  &lt;p&gt;Now, my inherent inability to master complex technology (though
-sometimes, I hope that this applies to collab.net's technology only)
-let me do a mistake when setting up this mailing list: I created it
-as „discuss“-type mailing list, which sounded appropriate. As I
-learned recently, „discuss“ lists &lt;i&gt;silently&lt;/i&gt; drop all 
mails
-from non-subscribers. Oh dear! The only subscriber was /me, and so
-all my test mails made it through, but none of the (certainly
-billions) mails you sent. How awkward …&lt;/p&gt; 
-  &lt;p&gt;So, if you kindly resend your mail (yes, I changed the list type
-meanwhile), that'd be great!&lt;/p&gt;  
-  &lt;p&gt;To repeat (in short – for the long version, see my &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/if_you_had_3_wishes&quot;&gt;previous
-blog entry&lt;/a&gt;) what this call for participation is about:&lt;br 
/&gt;Distribute
-10 points amongts the items in the &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Base/Features/Pool&quot;&gt;Base
-Feature Pool&lt;/a&gt;, and send this to  &lt;a 
href=&quot;mailto:[email protected]&quot;&gt;[email protected]&lt;/a&gt;.
-We'll collect the results, publish them, and we will
-let them influence our decisions on where to spend the development
-resources for the next release(s).&lt;br /&gt;The extended deadline for the 
poll is March, 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; 2009.&lt;/p&gt;
-  &lt;p&gt;Thanks for your participation! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
-               <author>
-                       <name>Frank Schönheit</name>
-                       <uri></uri>
-               </author>
-               <source>
-                       <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google 
Reader</title>
-                       <link rel="self" 
href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/>
-                       
<id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id>
-                       <updated>2009-03-03T12:00:16+00:00</updated>
-               </source>
-       </entry>
-
-       <entry xml:lang="en">
-               <title type="html">OOo 3.1’s Antialiasing Upgrade</title>
-               <link href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1014"/>
-               <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1014</id>
-               <updated>2009-02-18T13:32:47+00:00</updated>
-               <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;OpenOffice.org 3.1 is the next 
upcoming release of OOo, and among the new features it will include is a very 
visible improvement to graphics, in the form of antialiasing support.&lt;/p&gt;
-&lt;p&gt;Armin Le Grand describes what to expect in his post &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/finally_anti_aliasing_is_done&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Finally:
 Anti Aliasing is Done for OOo 3.1&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for the &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/&quot;&gt;GullFOSS blog&lt;/a&gt;. One 
of the most obvious improvements is in the display of charts:&lt;/p&gt;
-&lt;div id=&quot;attachment_1016&quot; class=&quot;wp-caption 
aligncenter&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;size-full wp-image-1016&quot; 
title=&quot;Antialiasing an OOo Chart&quot; 
src=&quot;http://www.solidoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ooo-antialiasing.jpg&quot;
 alt=&quot;Antialiasing an OOo Chart&quot; width=&quot;422&quot; 
height=&quot;289&quot; /&gt;&lt;p 
class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;Antialiasing an OOo 
Chart&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
-&lt;p&gt;The improvements that allow this attractive antialiasing also bring 
along other improvements, including better geometric processing for all vector 
graphics, with further upgrades planned for the future:&lt;/p&gt;
-&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;The extended DrawingLayer starting from OOo 3.1 
will allow more graphical enhancements in the future. As an example, Full 
Object Drag as a feature for OOo 3.1 is realized using the new functionalities. 
You may also have noticed the enhanced selection visualizations in the 
Applications, also a result of those internal 
changes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
-&lt;p&gt;I make heavy use of Draw to create flowcharts and webpage wireframes, 
so these graphical enhancements will be a welcome enhancement to my work 
processes.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
-               <author>
-                       <name>Benjamin Horst</name>
-                       <uri>http://www.solidoffice.com</uri>
-               </author>
-               <source>
-                       <title type="html">SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org</title>
-                       <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to 
OpenOffice.org</subtitle>
-                       <link rel="self" 
href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/>
-                       
<id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id>
-                       <updated>2009-03-02T18:00:32+00:00</updated>
-               </source>
-       </entry>
-
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 </div>
 
-<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a 
href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: March 03, 2009 12:00 PM 
GMT</em></p>
+<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a 
href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: March 03, 2009 06:00 PM 
GMT</em></p>
 
+<h2>March 03, 2009</h2>
+<h3>
+<a href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/search/label/OpenOffice.org"; 
title="Lodahl's blog">
+Leif Lodahl</a>&nbsp;:&nbsp;
+<a 
href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/03/translating-openofficeorg-extensions.html";>
+Translating OpenOffice.org extensions</a>
+</h3>
+<p>
+One very important feature in OpenOffice.org is the ability to extend the 
functionality of the program with extensions. Most public extensions can be 
found in the official extension repository here: 
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/.It is very important for the 
community, that as many extensions as possible are localized or translated into 
as many languages as possible. There is a tool</p>
+<p>
+<em><a 
href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/03/translating-openofficeorg-extensions.html";>by
 Leif Lodahl ([email protected]) at March 03, 2009 02:44 PM GMT</a></em>
+</p>
+<br />
+<hr />
+<br />
+<h3>
+<a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net"; title="Moved by Freedom - Powered by 
Standards » OOo Postings">
+Charles Schulz</a>&nbsp;:&nbsp;
+<a 
href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/03/03/thirty-years-old-and-still-no-tom-tom/";>
+Thirty years old and still no Tom-Tom…</a>
+</h3>
+<p>
+<p><a href="http://www.laquadrature.net/HADOPI"; title="HADOPI - Le Net en 
France : black-out"><img 
src="http://media.laquadrature.net/Quadrature_black-out_HADOPI_728x90px.gif"; 
border="0" alt="HADOPI - Le Net en France : black-out" /></a></p>
+<p>Today I am thirty. And today, I have decided I would post a blog that would 
not be different from the my other posts. How&#8217;s that for genuine 
originality? So today&#8217;s topic will be a round-up of news on OpenDocument 
Format (ODF). It has been a long time I haven&#8217;t updated this area.</p>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>ODF 1.2 is well underway. The arrival of a flurry of new members inside the 
ODF Technical Committee who have illustrated themselves as proponents of OOXML 
is a bit fun to watch I must say. But I have to command the general serenity of 
the Committee and its chairs, Rob Weir and Michael Brauer for their quiet and 
effective management of the proceedings. I think the only thing that is to be 
hoped for is that we can finish the completion of this ODF sub-version. Also, 
and of some interest, I can only recommend  <a 
href="http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/";>the reading of the archives 
of the Committee&#8217;s discussions online</a> where interesting concepts on 
extensions and conformance are being discussed.</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Some « lighter » news but as serious: the future of ODF does not just 
depend on the OASIS ODF Technical Committee. It depends on you. You are 
encouraged to provide ideas for the future versions of ODF « ODF-Next » . 
The Committee has wanted this to be inclusive of everyone&#8217;s participation 
as explained  <a 
href="http://opendocument.xml.org/news/oasis-welcomes-input-for-odf-next";>here</a>.</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>We did know that at some point in time, Microsoft Office would support ODF. 
It seems the wait is  <a 
href="http://blogs.technet.com/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2008/10/22/announcing-service-pack-2-sp2-for-the-2007-microsoft-office-system.aspx";>almost
 over these days</a>. You will recall I was originally very supportive of the 
idea of Microsoft Office natively supporting ODF; then, I took some time 
reading the fine print and I grew a bit wary of what the Microsoft engineers 
were saying about the limits their implementation of ODF would be constrained 
to. At this point in time we do not have the Service Pack 2 of Microsoft Office 
2007. What we do know however, is a couple of things that got me thinking: ODF 
support will only be available in the latest, patched version of Microsoft 
Office 2007. It will have some limitations and the feature will not be put 
prominently in the hands of the users, so to speak. I wonder why ODF 
shouldn&#8217;t be Microsoft Office&#8217;s default format or if the default 
configuration would be more effective with an icon on the user interface. After 
all, ODF is an ISO standard and people, governments, businesses demand it (at 
this stage it&#8217;s not even clear if OOXML was even requested by anyone who 
was not already part of Ecma and had vested interests in siding on with 
Microsoft&#8230;), so why not make that jump?</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>This also got me thinking:  <em>ODF support in MS Office is a good 
idea.</em>  <span>Don&#8217;t get me wrong on this. I wish however were 
extended to other products of the Microsoft stack, such as Sharepoint, 
Microsoft Dynamics and even Microsoft Internet Explorer. Why? I do not advocate 
this strategic move with ulterior motives of having Microsoft fail. Precisely 
not: The only way for Microsoft to survive is to embrace Open Standards, 
transparency and perhaps Open Source in some way. So let Microsoft do it the 
whole way. If the market demands ODF, let it have it and let it have a real 
choice, where Microsoft would actually be a compelling one for good. I am 
confident Microsoft folks are having some discussion on this internally. But 
there is at the very least two sides inside the company, and any attempt to 
play well with the Open Source Community (for the sake of not playing fair with 
the Free Software part of the community) is unfortunately matched by opposite 
and hostile moves.</span></p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p> <span>Which brings me to the Microsoft vs. Tom-Tom case. This is one more 
story where software patents hamper innovation. Add to this the general timing 
of the case: Tom-Tom is an European company operating in the automotive 
industry. You can understand now why the European Union has to stand firmly by 
its automotive sector&#8230;</span></p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p><br clear="left" /></p>
+<p class="akst_link"><a 
href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=117&akst_action=share-this"; 
title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_117" 
class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a>
+</p></p>
+<p>
+<em><a 
href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/03/03/thirty-years-old-and-still-no-tom-tom/";>by
 Charles at March 03, 2009 01:35 PM GMT</a></em>
+</p>
+<br />
+<hr />
+<br />
 <h2>March 02, 2009</h2>
 <h3>
 <a href="" title="jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader">
@@ -371,63 +422,6 @@
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 <hr />
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-<h2>February 19, 2009</h2>
-<h3>
-<a href="" title="jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader">
-GullFOSS</a>&nbsp;:&nbsp;
-<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/still_have_some_wishes_for";>
-Still have some wishes for Base?</a>
-</h3>
-<p>
-<p>Recently, I <a 
href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/if_you_had_3_wishes";>asked</a>
-which <a 
href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Base/Features/Pool";>features</a>
-you would most like to see implemented in <a 
href="http://dba.openoffice.org/";>OpenOffice.org
-Base</a>. I asked you to send your feedback to
-<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>.</p> 
-  <p>Now, my inherent inability to master complex technology (though
-sometimes, I hope that this applies to collab.net's technology only)
-let me do a mistake when setting up this mailing list: I created it
-as „discuss“-type mailing list, which sounded appropriate. As I
-learned recently, „discuss“ lists <i>silently</i> drop all mails
-from non-subscribers. Oh dear! The only subscriber was /me, and so
-all my test mails made it through, but none of the (certainly
-billions) mails you sent. How awkward …</p> 
-  <p>So, if you kindly resend your mail (yes, I changed the list type
-meanwhile), that'd be great!</p>  
-  <p>To repeat (in short – for the long version, see my <a 
href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/if_you_had_3_wishes";>previous
-blog entry</a>) what this call for participation is about:<br />Distribute
-10 points amongts the items in the <a 
href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Base/Features/Pool";>Base
-Feature Pool</a>, and send this to  <a 
href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>.
-We'll collect the results, publish them, and we will
-let them influence our decisions on where to spend the development
-resources for the next release(s).<br />The extended deadline for the poll is 
March, 1<sup>st</sup> 2009.</p>
-  <p>Thanks for your participation! <br /></p></p>
-<p>
-<em><a 
href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/still_have_some_wishes_for";>by Frank 
Schönheit at February 19, 2009 08:16 AM GMT</a></em>
-</p>
-<br />
-<hr />
-<br />
-<h2>February 18, 2009</h2>
-<h3>
-<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com"; title="SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org">
-Benjamin Horst</a>&nbsp;:&nbsp;
-<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1014";>
-OOo 3.1’s Antialiasing Upgrade</a>
-</h3>
-<p>
-<p>OpenOffice.org 3.1 is the next upcoming release of OOo, and among the new 
features it will include is a very visible improvement to graphics, in the form 
of antialiasing support.</p>
-<p>Armin Le Grand describes what to expect in his post <a 
href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/finally_anti_aliasing_is_done";><em>Finally:
 Anti Aliasing is Done for OOo 3.1</em></a> for the <a 
href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/";>GullFOSS blog</a>. One of the most 
obvious improvements is in the display of charts:</p>
-<div id="attachment_1016" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full 
wp-image-1016" title="Antialiasing an OOo Chart" 
src="http://www.solidoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ooo-antialiasing.jpg";
 alt="Antialiasing an OOo Chart" width="422" height="289" /><p 
class="wp-caption-text">Antialiasing an OOo Chart</p></div>
-<p>The improvements that allow this attractive antialiasing also bring along 
other improvements, including better geometric processing for all vector 
graphics, with further upgrades planned for the future:</p>
-<blockquote><p>The extended DrawingLayer starting from OOo 3.1 will allow more 
graphical enhancements in the future. As an example, Full Object Drag as a 
feature for OOo 3.1 is realized using the new functionalities. You may also 
have noticed the enhanced selection visualizations in the Applications, also a 
result of those internal changes.</p></blockquote>
-<p>I make heavy use of Draw to create flowcharts and webpage wireframes, so 
these graphical enhancements will be a welcome enhancement to my work 
processes.</p></p>
-<p>
-<em><a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1014";>by Benjamin Horst at 
February 18, 2009 01:32 PM GMT</a></em>
-</p>
-<br />
-<hr />
-<br />
 <a id="disclaimer" name="disclaimer"></a>
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 of the individual contributors, and may not reflect the views of the 

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+<item 
rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-7888011759649598452">
+       <title>Leif Lodahl: Translating OpenOffice.org extensions</title>
+       
<link>http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/03/translating-openofficeorg-extensions.html</link>
+       <content:encoded>One very important feature in OpenOffice.org is the 
ability to extend the functionality of the program with extensions. Most public 
extensions can be found in the official extension repository here: 
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/.It is very important for the 
community, that as many extensions as possible are localized or translated into 
as many languages as possible. There is a tool</content:encoded>
+       <dc:date>2009-03-03T14:44:04+00:00</dc:date>
+       <dc:creator>Leif Lodahl</dc:creator>
+</item>
+<item 
rdf:about="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/03/03/thirty-years-old-and-still-no-tom-tom/";>
+       <title>Charles Schulz: Thirty years old and still no Tom-Tom…</title>
+       
<link>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/03/03/thirty-years-old-and-still-no-tom-tom/</link>
+       <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a 
href=&quot;http://www.laquadrature.net/HADOPI&quot; title=&quot;HADOPI - Le Net 
en France : black-out&quot;&gt;&lt;img 
src=&quot;http://media.laquadrature.net/Quadrature_black-out_HADOPI_728x90px.gif&quot;
 border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;HADOPI - Le Net en France : black-out&quot; 
/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Today I am thirty. And today, I have decided I would post a blog that 
would not be different from the my other posts. How&amp;#8217;s that for 
genuine originality? So today&amp;#8217;s topic will be a round-up of news on 
OpenDocument Format (ODF). It has been a long time I haven&amp;#8217;t updated 
this area.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;ul&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;ODF 1.2 is well underway. The arrival of a flurry of new members 
inside the ODF Technical Committee who have illustrated themselves as 
proponents of OOXML is a bit fun to watch I must say. But I have to command the 
general serenity of the Committee and its chairs, Rob Weir and Michael Brauer 
for their quiet and effective management of the proceedings. I think the only 
thing that is to be hoped for is that we can finish the completion of this ODF 
sub-version. Also, and of some interest, I can only recommend  &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/&quot;&gt;the reading of 
the archives of the Committee&amp;#8217;s discussions online&lt;/a&gt; where 
interesting concepts on extensions and conformance are being 
discussed.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Some « lighter » news but as serious: the future of ODF does not 
just depend on the OASIS ODF Technical Committee. It depends on you. You are 
encouraged to provide ideas for the future versions of ODF « ODF-Next » . 
The Committee has wanted this to be inclusive of everyone&amp;#8217;s 
participation as explained  &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://opendocument.xml.org/news/oasis-welcomes-input-for-odf-next&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;We did know that at some point in time, Microsoft Office would 
support ODF. It seems the wait is  &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://blogs.technet.com/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2008/10/22/announcing-service-pack-2-sp2-for-the-2007-microsoft-office-system.aspx&quot;&gt;almost
 over these days&lt;/a&gt;. You will recall I was originally very supportive of 
the idea of Microsoft Office natively supporting ODF; then, I took some time 
reading the fine print and I grew a bit wary of what the Microsoft engineers 
were saying about the limits their implementation of ODF would be constrained 
to. At this point in time we do not have the Service Pack 2 of Microsoft Office 
2007. What we do know however, is a couple of things that got me thinking: ODF 
support will only be available in the latest, patched version of Microsoft 
Office 2007. It will have some limitations and the feature will not be put 
prominently in the hands of the users, so to speak. I wonder why ODF 
shouldn&amp;#8217;t be Microsoft Office&amp;#8217;s default format or if the 
default configuration would be more effective with an icon on the user 
interface. After all, ODF is an ISO standard and people, governments, 
businesses demand it (at this stage it&amp;#8217;s not even clear if OOXML was 
even requested by anyone who was not already part of Ecma and had vested 
interests in siding on with Microsoft&amp;#8230;), so why not make that 
jump?&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;This also got me thinking:  &lt;em&gt;ODF support in MS Office is a 
good idea.&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;span&gt;Don&amp;#8217;t get me wrong on this. I wish 
however were extended to other products of the Microsoft stack, such as 
Sharepoint, Microsoft Dynamics and even Microsoft Internet Explorer. Why? I do 
not advocate this strategic move with ulterior motives of having Microsoft 
fail. Precisely not: The only way for Microsoft to survive is to embrace Open 
Standards, transparency and perhaps Open Source in some way. So let Microsoft 
do it the whole way. If the market demands ODF, let it have it and let it have 
a real choice, where Microsoft would actually be a compelling one for good. I 
am confident Microsoft folks are having some discussion on this internally. But 
there is at the very least two sides inside the company, and any attempt to 
play well with the Open Source Community (for the sake of not playing fair with 
the Free Software part of the community) is unfortunately matched by opposite 
and hostile moves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;
+&lt;p&gt; &lt;span&gt;Which brings me to the Microsoft vs. Tom-Tom case. This 
is one more story where software patents hamper innovation. Add to this the 
general timing of the case: Tom-Tom is an European company operating in the 
automotive industry. You can understand now why the European Union has to stand 
firmly by its automotive sector&amp;#8230;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;/ul&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;left&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p class=&quot;akst_link&quot;&gt;&lt;a 
href=&quot;http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=117&amp;akst_action=share-this&quot;
 title=&quot;E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc.&quot; 
id=&quot;akst_link_117&quot; class=&quot;akst_share_link&quot; 
rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Share This&lt;/a&gt;
+&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
+       <dc:date>2009-03-03T13:35:56+00:00</dc:date>
+</item>
 <item rdf:about="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/4bf4c8489d81ecc1">
        <title>GullFOSS: Visit the OpenOffice.org Planet</title>
        
<link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/visit_the_openoffice_org_planet</link>
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-       <title>GullFOSS: Still have some wishes for Base?</title>
-       
<link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/still_have_some_wishes_for</link>
-       <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Recently, I &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/if_you_had_3_wishes&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;
-which &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Base/Features/Pool&quot;&gt;features&lt;/a&gt;
-you would most like to see implemented in &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://dba.openoffice.org/&quot;&gt;OpenOffice.org
-Base&lt;/a&gt;. I asked you to send your feedback to
-&lt;a 
href=&quot;mailto:[email protected]&quot;&gt;[email protected]&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
 
-  &lt;p&gt;Now, my inherent inability to master complex technology (though
-sometimes, I hope that this applies to collab.net's technology only)
-let me do a mistake when setting up this mailing list: I created it
-as „discuss“-type mailing list, which sounded appropriate. As I
-learned recently, „discuss“ lists &lt;i&gt;silently&lt;/i&gt; drop all 
mails
-from non-subscribers. Oh dear! The only subscriber was /me, and so
-all my test mails made it through, but none of the (certainly
-billions) mails you sent. How awkward …&lt;/p&gt; 
-  &lt;p&gt;So, if you kindly resend your mail (yes, I changed the list type
-meanwhile), that'd be great!&lt;/p&gt;  
-  &lt;p&gt;To repeat (in short – for the long version, see my &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/if_you_had_3_wishes&quot;&gt;previous
-blog entry&lt;/a&gt;) what this call for participation is about:&lt;br 
/&gt;Distribute
-10 points amongts the items in the &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Base/Features/Pool&quot;&gt;Base
-Feature Pool&lt;/a&gt;, and send this to  &lt;a 
href=&quot;mailto:[email protected]&quot;&gt;[email protected]&lt;/a&gt;.
-We'll collect the results, publish them, and we will
-let them influence our decisions on where to spend the development
-resources for the next release(s).&lt;br /&gt;The extended deadline for the 
poll is March, 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; 2009.&lt;/p&gt;
-  &lt;p&gt;Thanks for your participation! &lt;br 
/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
-       <dc:date>2009-02-19T08:16:15+00:00</dc:date>
-       <dc:creator>Frank Schönheit</dc:creator>
-</item>
-<item rdf:about="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1014";>
-       <title>Benjamin Horst: OOo 3.1’s Antialiasing Upgrade</title>
-       <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1014</link>
-       <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;OpenOffice.org 3.1 is the next upcoming 
release of OOo, and among the new features it will include is a very visible 
improvement to graphics, in the form of antialiasing support.&lt;/p&gt;
-&lt;p&gt;Armin Le Grand describes what to expect in his post &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/finally_anti_aliasing_is_done&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Finally:
 Anti Aliasing is Done for OOo 3.1&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for the &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/&quot;&gt;GullFOSS blog&lt;/a&gt;. One 
of the most obvious improvements is in the display of charts:&lt;/p&gt;
-&lt;div id=&quot;attachment_1016&quot; class=&quot;wp-caption 
aligncenter&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;size-full wp-image-1016&quot; 
title=&quot;Antialiasing an OOo Chart&quot; 
src=&quot;http://www.solidoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ooo-antialiasing.jpg&quot;
 alt=&quot;Antialiasing an OOo Chart&quot; width=&quot;422&quot; 
height=&quot;289&quot; /&gt;&lt;p 
class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;Antialiasing an OOo 
Chart&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
-&lt;p&gt;The improvements that allow this attractive antialiasing also bring 
along other improvements, including better geometric processing for all vector 
graphics, with further upgrades planned for the future:&lt;/p&gt;
-&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;The extended DrawingLayer starting from OOo 3.1 
will allow more graphical enhancements in the future. As an example, Full 
Object Drag as a feature for OOo 3.1 is realized using the new functionalities. 
You may also have noticed the enhanced selection visualizations in the 
Applications, also a result of those internal 
changes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
-&lt;p&gt;I make heavy use of Draw to create flowcharts and webpage wireframes, 
so these graphical enhancements will be a welcome enhancement to my work 
processes.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
-       <dc:date>2009-02-18T13:32:47+00:00</dc:date>
-</item>
 
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+       <title>Leif Lodahl: Translating OpenOffice.org extensions</title>
+       
<guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-7888011759649598452</guid>
+       
<link>http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/03/translating-openofficeorg-extensions.html</link>
+       <description>One very important feature in OpenOffice.org is the 
ability to extend the functionality of the program with extensions. Most public 
extensions can be found in the official extension repository here: 
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/.It is very important for the 
community, that as many extensions as possible are localized or translated into 
as many languages as possible. There is a tool</description>
+       <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
+       <author>[email protected] (Leif Lodahl)</author>
+</item>
+<item>
+       <title>Charles Schulz: Thirty years old and still no Tom-Tom…</title>
+       
<guid>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/03/03/thirty-years-old-and-still-no-tom-tom/</guid>
+       
<link>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/03/03/thirty-years-old-and-still-no-tom-tom/</link>
+       <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a 
href=&quot;http://www.laquadrature.net/HADOPI&quot; title=&quot;HADOPI - Le Net 
en France : black-out&quot;&gt;&lt;img 
src=&quot;http://media.laquadrature.net/Quadrature_black-out_HADOPI_728x90px.gif&quot;
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/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Today I am thirty. And today, I have decided I would post a blog that 
would not be different from the my other posts. How&amp;#8217;s that for 
genuine originality? So today&amp;#8217;s topic will be a round-up of news on 
OpenDocument Format (ODF). It has been a long time I haven&amp;#8217;t updated 
this area.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;ul&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;ODF 1.2 is well underway. The arrival of a flurry of new members 
inside the ODF Technical Committee who have illustrated themselves as 
proponents of OOXML is a bit fun to watch I must say. But I have to command the 
general serenity of the Committee and its chairs, Rob Weir and Michael Brauer 
for their quiet and effective management of the proceedings. I think the only 
thing that is to be hoped for is that we can finish the completion of this ODF 
sub-version. Also, and of some interest, I can only recommend  &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/&quot;&gt;the reading of 
the archives of the Committee&amp;#8217;s discussions online&lt;/a&gt; where 
interesting concepts on extensions and conformance are being 
discussed.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Some « lighter » news but as serious: the future of ODF does not 
just depend on the OASIS ODF Technical Committee. It depends on you. You are 
encouraged to provide ideas for the future versions of ODF « ODF-Next » . 
The Committee has wanted this to be inclusive of everyone&amp;#8217;s 
participation as explained  &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://opendocument.xml.org/news/oasis-welcomes-input-for-odf-next&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;We did know that at some point in time, Microsoft Office would 
support ODF. It seems the wait is  &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://blogs.technet.com/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2008/10/22/announcing-service-pack-2-sp2-for-the-2007-microsoft-office-system.aspx&quot;&gt;almost
 over these days&lt;/a&gt;. You will recall I was originally very supportive of 
the idea of Microsoft Office natively supporting ODF; then, I took some time 
reading the fine print and I grew a bit wary of what the Microsoft engineers 
were saying about the limits their implementation of ODF would be constrained 
to. At this point in time we do not have the Service Pack 2 of Microsoft Office 
2007. What we do know however, is a couple of things that got me thinking: ODF 
support will only be available in the latest, patched version of Microsoft 
Office 2007. It will have some limitations and the feature will not be put 
prominently in the hands of the users, so to speak. I wonder why ODF 
shouldn&amp;#8217;t be Microsoft Office&amp;#8217;s default format or if the 
default configuration would be more effective with an icon on the user 
interface. After all, ODF is an ISO standard and people, governments, 
businesses demand it (at this stage it&amp;#8217;s not even clear if OOXML was 
even requested by anyone who was not already part of Ecma and had vested 
interests in siding on with Microsoft&amp;#8230;), so why not make that 
jump?&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;This also got me thinking:  &lt;em&gt;ODF support in MS Office is a 
good idea.&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;span&gt;Don&amp;#8217;t get me wrong on this. I wish 
however were extended to other products of the Microsoft stack, such as 
Sharepoint, Microsoft Dynamics and even Microsoft Internet Explorer. Why? I do 
not advocate this strategic move with ulterior motives of having Microsoft 
fail. Precisely not: The only way for Microsoft to survive is to embrace Open 
Standards, transparency and perhaps Open Source in some way. So let Microsoft 
do it the whole way. If the market demands ODF, let it have it and let it have 
a real choice, where Microsoft would actually be a compelling one for good. I 
am confident Microsoft folks are having some discussion on this internally. But 
there is at the very least two sides inside the company, and any attempt to 
play well with the Open Source Community (for the sake of not playing fair with 
the Free Software part of the community) is unfortunately matched by opposite 
and hostile moves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;
+&lt;p&gt; &lt;span&gt;Which brings me to the Microsoft vs. Tom-Tom case. This 
is one more story where software patents hamper innovation. Add to this the 
general timing of the case: Tom-Tom is an European company operating in the 
automotive industry. You can understand now why the European Union has to stand 
firmly by its automotive sector&amp;#8230;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;/ul&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;left&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p class=&quot;akst_link&quot;&gt;&lt;a 
href=&quot;http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=117&amp;akst_action=share-this&quot;
 title=&quot;E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc.&quot; 
id=&quot;akst_link_117&quot; class=&quot;akst_share_link&quot; 
rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Share This&lt;/a&gt;
+&lt;/p&gt;</description>
+       <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
+</item>
+<item>
        <title>GullFOSS: Visit the OpenOffice.org Planet</title>
        <guid>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/4bf4c8489d81ecc1</guid>
        
<link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/visit_the_openoffice_org_planet</link>
@@ -211,47 +248,6 @@
 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;img 
src=&quot;http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/vR7Rr3Hty3E&quot; 
height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;</description>
        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
 </item>
-<item>
-       <title>GullFOSS: Still have some wishes for Base?</title>
-       <guid>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/d1987600f0c8e2c6</guid>
-       
<link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/still_have_some_wishes_for</link>
-       <description>&lt;p&gt;Recently, I &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/if_you_had_3_wishes&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;
-which &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Base/Features/Pool&quot;&gt;features&lt;/a&gt;
-you would most like to see implemented in &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://dba.openoffice.org/&quot;&gt;OpenOffice.org
-Base&lt;/a&gt;. I asked you to send your feedback to
-&lt;a 
href=&quot;mailto:[email protected]&quot;&gt;[email protected]&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
 
-  &lt;p&gt;Now, my inherent inability to master complex technology (though
-sometimes, I hope that this applies to collab.net's technology only)
-let me do a mistake when setting up this mailing list: I created it
-as „discuss“-type mailing list, which sounded appropriate. As I
-learned recently, „discuss“ lists &lt;i&gt;silently&lt;/i&gt; drop all 
mails
-from non-subscribers. Oh dear! The only subscriber was /me, and so
-all my test mails made it through, but none of the (certainly
-billions) mails you sent. How awkward …&lt;/p&gt; 
-  &lt;p&gt;So, if you kindly resend your mail (yes, I changed the list type
-meanwhile), that'd be great!&lt;/p&gt;  
-  &lt;p&gt;To repeat (in short – for the long version, see my &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/if_you_had_3_wishes&quot;&gt;previous
-blog entry&lt;/a&gt;) what this call for participation is about:&lt;br 
/&gt;Distribute
-10 points amongts the items in the &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Base/Features/Pool&quot;&gt;Base
-Feature Pool&lt;/a&gt;, and send this to  &lt;a 
href=&quot;mailto:[email protected]&quot;&gt;[email protected]&lt;/a&gt;.
-We'll collect the results, publish them, and we will
-let them influence our decisions on where to spend the development
-resources for the next release(s).&lt;br /&gt;The extended deadline for the 
poll is March, 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; 2009.&lt;/p&gt;
-  &lt;p&gt;Thanks for your participation! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
-       <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
-</item>
-<item>
-       <title>Benjamin Horst: OOo 3.1’s Antialiasing Upgrade</title>
-       <guid>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1014</guid>
-       <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1014</link>
-       <description>&lt;p&gt;OpenOffice.org 3.1 is the next upcoming release 
of OOo, and among the new features it will include is a very visible 
improvement to graphics, in the form of antialiasing support.&lt;/p&gt;
-&lt;p&gt;Armin Le Grand describes what to expect in his post &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/finally_anti_aliasing_is_done&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Finally:
 Anti Aliasing is Done for OOo 3.1&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for the &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/&quot;&gt;GullFOSS blog&lt;/a&gt;. One 
of the most obvious improvements is in the display of charts:&lt;/p&gt;
-&lt;div id=&quot;attachment_1016&quot; class=&quot;wp-caption 
aligncenter&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;size-full wp-image-1016&quot; 
title=&quot;Antialiasing an OOo Chart&quot; 
src=&quot;http://www.solidoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ooo-antialiasing.jpg&quot;
 alt=&quot;Antialiasing an OOo Chart&quot; width=&quot;422&quot; 
height=&quot;289&quot; /&gt;&lt;p 
class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;Antialiasing an OOo 
Chart&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
-&lt;p&gt;The improvements that allow this attractive antialiasing also bring 
along other improvements, including better geometric processing for all vector 
graphics, with further upgrades planned for the future:&lt;/p&gt;
-&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;The extended DrawingLayer starting from OOo 3.1 
will allow more graphical enhancements in the future. As an example, Full 
Object Drag as a feature for OOo 3.1 is realized using the new functionalities. 
You may also have noticed the enhanced selection visualizations in the 
Applications, also a result of those internal 
changes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
-&lt;p&gt;I make heavy use of Draw to create flowcharts and webpage wireframes, 
so these graphical enhancements will be a welcome enhancement to my work 
processes.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
-       <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
-</item>
 
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