User: jpmcc Date: 2009-12-30 18:00:29+0000 Modified: marketing/www/planet/atom.xml marketing/www/planet/index.html marketing/www/planet/opml.xml marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml
Log: Planet run at Wed Dec 30 19:00:13 CET 2009 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.2761&r2=1.2762 Delta lines: +45 -42 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2009-12-30 12:00:27+0000 1.2761 +++ atom.xml 2009-12-30 18:00:25+0000 1.2762 @@ -5,10 +5,40 @@ <link rel="self" href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml"/> <link href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/"/> <id>http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml</id> - <updated>2009-12-30T12:00:25+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-12-30T18:00:23+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">Some predictions for 2010</title> + <link href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/12/30/some-predictions-for-2010/"/> + <id>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/12/30/some-predictions-for-2010/</id> + <updated>2009-12-30T17:01:13+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p>This will be the last post of the year 2009. 2010 will be an interesting year to come, for many reasons, and that&#8217;s why I have outlined a few predictions below for the year to come. Feel free to comment or add to this list, and happy new year 2010!</p> +<ul> +<li>OpenOffice.org&#8217;s market share will ceased to be constantly looked down upon by analysts. I had <a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/12/07/question-of-the-day-whats-the-real-market-share-of-openofficeorg/">recently explained</a> why measuring its market share is complex, and why it is constantly underrated. But now <a href="http://blogs.computerworld.com/15327/why_does_microsoft_fear_openoffice_org">it seems that Microsoft (and the press) are taking good notice</a> of the fast-growing adoption of OpenOffice.org by, well, pretty much everyone out there.</li> +<li>Standardization of the most recent release of OpenDocument, the 1.2, will be painful, and might perhaps never see a happy ending. For one thing, Microsoft controls the ISO through seemingly fortuitous and massive participation in every national standards bodies forming the ISO, and the ISO&#8217;s JTC 1 seems to have decided that the world should be content with some sort of ODF 1.1 &#8220;plus plus&#8221;. Note that this ODF 1.1 is not a bad thing in itself, but it is very much the result of connivings against ODF and everything non-Microsoft. You never should bite the hand that feeds you, after all&#8230;</li> +<li>The<a href="http://lpod-project.org"> lpOD project</a>, already well underway, will be a success and might become one of the main references for the <a href="http://odftoolkit.org">ODF ecosystem</a>.</li> +<li><a href="http://secondlife.com">Second Life, the largest online virtual world or metaverse</a> will have to innovate again, or will lose its customers progressively to the new show in town, &#8220;<a href="http://www.bluemarsonline.com/">Blue Mars</a>&#8220;.</li> +<li>It&#8217;s almost becoming a cliché, but cloud computing will again be part of the hype in 2010 and gain a strong momentum on the market. Among many challenges, there is the fundamental need for portability and openness of the users&#8217; data, its control by these very users, and more generally the increasingly clear divide between centralized and decentralized data architecture. In the end, this will become political, and as important, if not more, than the freedome to code and its sharing.</li> +<li>In the aftermath of the Bilski case, there seems to be a consensus that the criteria for &#8220;software patentability&#8221; will be much more demanding in the U.S. Of course, a few illuminated curmudgeons inside the European sphere of power, influenced by pro-patent lobbieswill fight hard to implement software patents in its whole horror. But in the end, what we need to do is not being satisfied with raising the bar on patentability criteria, we need to get the message straight and clear that software patents are not acceptable anywhere. ACTA anyone?</li> +<li><a href="http://www.archlinux.org">Arch Linux</a> will continue its growth among technical and power users (I&#8217;m one of them) while Ubuntu will stagnate (unless Canonical opens its online media store), OpenSuse somewhat loses users, Fedora will grow its userbase, Mandriva will make a strong comeback if they manage to secure their business. How do I know all this? I&#8217;ve been in the Linux distributions business, punditry and expertise for quite some time (since 2002, actually) and if there&#8217;s something you can count on over the long term, it&#8217;s&#8230; <a href="http://distrowatch.com">the Distrowatch billboard</a>. This thing has never proved to be really wrong. I&#8217;ll cover more of these topics in 2010. Meanwhile, have a great New Year&#8217;s Eve and a happy new year to you!</li> +</ul> +<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=149&akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_149" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> +</p></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>2009-12-30T18:00:16+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry xml:lang="en"> <title type="html">Race against the machine</title> <link href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/12/26/race-against-the-machine/"/> <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=815</id> @@ -35,7 +65,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">a view from a dark hill</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed/"/> <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed/</id> - <updated>2009-12-30T12:00:14+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-12-30T18:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -78,7 +108,7 @@ <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>2009-12-30T12:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-12-30T18:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -116,7 +146,7 @@ <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>2009-12-30T12:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-12-30T18:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -142,7 +172,7 @@ <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>2009-12-23T12:00:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-12-30T18:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -168,7 +198,7 @@ <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>2009-12-30T12:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-12-30T18:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -188,7 +218,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">a view from a dark hill</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed/"/> <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed/</id> - <updated>2009-12-30T12:00:14+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-12-30T18:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -209,7 +239,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">a view from a dark hill</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed/"/> <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed/</id> - <updated>2009-12-30T12:00:14+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-12-30T18:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -326,7 +356,7 @@ <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>2009-12-30T12:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-12-30T18:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -350,7 +380,7 @@ <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>2009-12-30T12:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-12-30T18:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -376,7 +406,7 @@ <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>2009-12-23T12:00:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-12-30T18:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -396,7 +426,7 @@ <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>2009-12-30T12:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-12-30T18:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -515,7 +545,7 @@ <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>2009-12-30T12:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-12-30T18:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -538,7 +568,7 @@ <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>2009-12-30T12:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-12-30T18:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -560,34 +590,7 @@ <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>2009-12-30T12:00:16+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - - <entry> - <title type="html">New: OOo-DEV 3.2.0 Developer Snapshot (build OOO320_m6) available</title> - <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_25"/> - <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/e6f09a924621cebc</id> - <updated>2009-11-27T10:11:18+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p><b>Developer Snapshot build OOo-Dev OOO320_m6</b> which installs as OOo-DEV 3.2.0 has been uploaded.</p> - <p><b>ATTENTION: -</b><br />Due to P1 issue <a href="http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107239">http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107239</a> -the Java based installer will not work on all platforms where it is -used. This issue will be fixed within the next milestone OOO320_m7. -</p> - <p>If you find severe issues within this build please file them to OpenOffice.org's bug tracking system IssueTracker. </p> - <p>Please use the following link:<br /><a title="Download page" href="http://download.openoffice.org/next">http://download.openoffice.org/next</a></p> - <p>Release Notes:<br /><a title="Release Notes" href="http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m6_snapshot.html">http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m6_snapshot.html</a><br /></p> - <p>MD5 checksums:<br /><a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m6_md5sums.txt" title="Page containing MD5 checksums">http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m6_md5sums.txt</a></p></content> - <author> - <name>Joost Andrae</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>2009-12-30T12:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-12-30T18:00:18+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.2768&r2=1.2769 Delta lines: +27 -25 --------------------- --- index.html 2009-12-30 12:00:28+0000 1.2768 +++ index.html 2009-12-30 18:00:26+0000 1.2769 @@ -37,8 +37,34 @@ <a href="rss20.xml"><img src="rss2.gif" alt="Link to RSS 2 feed" /></a> </div> -<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: December 30, 2009 12:00 PM CET</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: December 30, 2009 06:00 PM CET</em></p> +<h2>December 30, 2009</h2> +<h3> +<a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net"; title="Moved by Freedom - Powered by Standards » OOo Postings"> +Charles Schulz</a> : +<a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/12/30/some-predictions-for-2010/";> +Some predictions for 2010</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p>This will be the last post of the year 2009. 2010 will be an interesting year to come, for many reasons, and that’s why I have outlined a few predictions below for the year to come. Feel free to comment or add to this list, and happy new year 2010!</p> +<ul> +<li>OpenOffice.org’s market share will ceased to be constantly looked down upon by analysts. I had <a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/12/07/question-of-the-day-whats-the-real-market-share-of-openofficeorg/";>recently explained</a> why measuring its market share is complex, and why it is constantly underrated. But now <a href="http://blogs.computerworld.com/15327/why_does_microsoft_fear_openoffice_org";>it seems that Microsoft (and the press) are taking good notice</a> of the fast-growing adoption of OpenOffice.org by, well, pretty much everyone out there.</li> +<li>Standardization of the most recent release of OpenDocument, the 1.2, will be painful, and might perhaps never see a happy ending. For one thing, Microsoft controls the ISO through seemingly fortuitous and massive participation in every national standards bodies forming the ISO, and the ISO’s JTC 1 seems to have decided that the world should be content with some sort of ODF 1.1 “plus plus”. Note that this ODF 1.1 is not a bad thing in itself, but it is very much the result of connivings against ODF and everything non-Microsoft. You never should bite the hand that feeds you, after all…</li> +<li>The<a href="http://lpod-project.org";> lpOD project</a>, already well underway, will be a success and might become one of the main references for the <a href="http://odftoolkit.org";>ODF ecosystem</a>.</li> +<li><a href="http://secondlife.com";>Second Life, the largest online virtual world or metaverse</a> will have to innovate again, or will lose its customers progressively to the new show in town, “<a href="http://www.bluemarsonline.com/";>Blue Mars</a>“.</li> +<li>It’s almost becoming a cliché, but cloud computing will again be part of the hype in 2010 and gain a strong momentum on the market. Among many challenges, there is the fundamental need for portability and openness of the users’ data, its control by these very users, and more generally the increasingly clear divide between centralized and decentralized data architecture. In the end, this will become political, and as important, if not more, than the freedome to code and its sharing.</li> +<li>In the aftermath of the Bilski case, there seems to be a consensus that the criteria for “software patentability” will be much more demanding in the U.S. Of course, a few illuminated curmudgeons inside the European sphere of power, influenced by pro-patent lobbieswill fight hard to implement software patents in its whole horror. But in the end, what we need to do is not being satisfied with raising the bar on patentability criteria, we need to get the message straight and clear that software patents are not acceptable anywhere. ACTA anyone?</li> +<li><a href="http://www.archlinux.org";>Arch Linux</a> will continue its growth among technical and power users (I’m one of them) while Ubuntu will stagnate (unless Canonical opens its online media store), OpenSuse somewhat loses users, Fedora will grow its userbase, Mandriva will make a strong comeback if they manage to secure their business. How do I know all this? I’ve been in the Linux distributions business, punditry and expertise for quite some time (since 2002, actually) and if there’s something you can count on over the long term, it’s… <a href="http://distrowatch.com";>the Distrowatch billboard</a>. This thing has never proved to be really wrong. I’ll cover more of these topics in 2010. Meanwhile, have a great New Year’s Eve and a happy new year to you!</li> +</ul> +<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=149&akst_action=share-this"; title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_149" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> +</p></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/12/30/some-predictions-for-2010/";>by Charles at December 30, 2009 05:01 PM CET</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>December 26, 2009</h2> <h3> <a href="http://www.mealldubh.org"; title="Meall Dubh » OpenOffice.org"> @@ -539,30 +565,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h2>November 27, 2009</h2> -<h3> -<a href="" title="jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader"> -GullFOSS</a> : -<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_25";> -New: OOo-DEV 3.2.0 Developer Snapshot (build OOO320_m6) available</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p><b>Developer Snapshot build OOo-Dev OOO320_m6</b> which installs as OOo-DEV 3.2.0 has been uploaded.</p> - <p><b>ATTENTION: -</b><br />Due to P1 issue <a href="http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107239";>http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107239</a> -the Java based installer will not work on all platforms where it is -used. This issue will be fixed within the next milestone OOO320_m7. -</p> - <p>If you find severe issues within this build please file them to OpenOffice.org's bug tracking system IssueTracker. </p> - <p>Please use the following link:<br /><a title="Download page" href="http://download.openoffice.org/next";>http://download.openoffice.org/next</a></p> - <p>Release Notes:<br /><a title="Release Notes" href="http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m6_snapshot.html";>http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m6_snapshot.html</a><br /></p> - <p>MD5 checksums:<br /><a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m6_md5sums.txt"; title="Page containing MD5 checksums">http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m6_md5sums.txt</a></p></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_25";>by Joost Andrae at November 27, 2009 10:11 AM CET</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> <a id="disclaimer" name="disclaimer"></a> <p><em>Disclaimer: all views expressed on this page are those of the individual contributors, and may not reflect the views of the File [changed]: opml.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/opml.xml?r1=1.2761&r2=1.2762 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2009-12-30 12:00:28+0000 1.2761 +++ opml.xml 2009-12-30 18:00:26+0000 1.2762 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:00:26 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:00:24 +0000</dateModified> <ownerName>Marketing Project</ownerName> <ownerEmail>[email protected]</ownerEmail> </head> File [changed]: rss10.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml?r1=1.902&r2=1.903 Delta lines: +18 -17 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2009-12-26 18:00:26+0000 1.902 +++ rss10.xml 2009-12-30 18:00:26+0000 1.903 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/12/30/some-predictions-for-2010/"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=815"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/cb9fe4017f1f04e8" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/bc4111650561e885" /> @@ -28,11 +29,27 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/2fb8aaae9301e9d6" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/f95eaa0b9d205688" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/059491b9db3a37fe" /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/e6f09a924621cebc" /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/12/30/some-predictions-for-2010/";> + <title>Charles Schulz: Some predictions for 2010</title> + <link>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/12/30/some-predictions-for-2010/</link> + <content:encoded><p>This will be the last post of the year 2009. 2010 will be an interesting year to come, for many reasons, and that&#8217;s why I have outlined a few predictions below for the year to come. Feel free to comment or add to this list, and happy new year 2010!</p> +<ul> +<li>OpenOffice.org&#8217;s market share will ceased to be constantly looked down upon by analysts. I had <a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/12/07/question-of-the-day-whats-the-real-market-share-of-openofficeorg/">recently explained</a> why measuring its market share is complex, and why it is constantly underrated. But now <a href="http://blogs.computerworld.com/15327/why_does_microsoft_fear_openoffice_org">it seems that Microsoft (and the press) are taking good notice</a> of the fast-growing adoption of OpenOffice.org by, well, pretty much everyone out there.</li> +<li>Standardization of the most recent release of OpenDocument, the 1.2, will be painful, and might perhaps never see a happy ending. For one thing, Microsoft controls the ISO through seemingly fortuitous and massive participation in every national standards bodies forming the ISO, and the ISO&#8217;s JTC 1 seems to have decided that the world should be content with some sort of ODF 1.1 &#8220;plus plus&#8221;. Note that this ODF 1.1 is not a bad thing in itself, but it is very much the result of connivings against ODF and everything non-Microsoft. You never should bite the hand that feeds you, after all&#8230;</li> +<li>The<a href="http://lpod-project.org"> lpOD project</a>, already well underway, will be a success and might become one of the main references for the <a href="http://odftoolkit.org">ODF ecosystem</a>.</li> +<li><a href="http://secondlife.com">Second Life, the largest online virtual world or metaverse</a> will have to innovate again, or will lose its customers progressively to the new show in town, &#8220;<a href="http://www.bluemarsonline.com/">Blue Mars</a>&#8220;.</li> +<li>It&#8217;s almost becoming a cliché, but cloud computing will again be part of the hype in 2010 and gain a strong momentum on the market. Among many challenges, there is the fundamental need for portability and openness of the users&#8217; data, its control by these very users, and more generally the increasingly clear divide between centralized and decentralized data architecture. In the end, this will become political, and as important, if not more, than the freedome to code and its sharing.</li> +<li>In the aftermath of the Bilski case, there seems to be a consensus that the criteria for &#8220;software patentability&#8221; will be much more demanding in the U.S. Of course, a few illuminated curmudgeons inside the European sphere of power, influenced by pro-patent lobbieswill fight hard to implement software patents in its whole horror. But in the end, what we need to do is not being satisfied with raising the bar on patentability criteria, we need to get the message straight and clear that software patents are not acceptable anywhere. ACTA anyone?</li> +<li><a href="http://www.archlinux.org">Arch Linux</a> will continue its growth among technical and power users (I&#8217;m one of them) while Ubuntu will stagnate (unless Canonical opens its online media store), OpenSuse somewhat loses users, Fedora will grow its userbase, Mandriva will make a strong comeback if they manage to secure their business. How do I know all this? I&#8217;ve been in the Linux distributions business, punditry and expertise for quite some time (since 2002, actually) and if there&#8217;s something you can count on over the long term, it&#8217;s&#8230; <a href="http://distrowatch.com">the Distrowatch billboard</a>. This thing has never proved to be really wrong. I&#8217;ll cover more of these topics in 2010. Meanwhile, have a great New Year&#8217;s Eve and a happy new year to you!</li> +</ul> +<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=149&akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_149" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> +</p></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2009-12-30T17:01:13+00:00</dc:date> +</item> <item rdf:about="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=815";> <title>John McCreesh: Race against the machine</title> <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/12/26/race-against-the-machine/</link> @@ -412,21 +429,5 @@ <dc:date>2009-12-03T09:16:08+00:00</dc:date> <dc:creator>Marcus Lange</dc:creator> </item> -<item rdf:about="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/e6f09a924621cebc"> - <title>GullFOSS: New: OOo-DEV 3.2.0 Developer Snapshot (build OOO320_m6) available</title> - <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_25</link> - <content:encoded><p><b>Developer Snapshot build OOo-Dev OOO320_m6</b> which installs as OOo-DEV 3.2.0 has been uploaded.</p> - <p><b>ATTENTION: -</b><br />Due to P1 issue <a href="http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107239">http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107239</a> -the Java based installer will not work on all platforms where it is -used. This issue will be fixed within the next milestone OOO320_m7. -</p> - <p>If you find severe issues within this build please file them to OpenOffice.org's bug tracking system IssueTracker. </p> - <p>Please use the following link:<br /><a title="Download page" href="http://download.openoffice.org/next">http://download.openoffice.org/next</a></p> - <p>Release Notes:<br /><a title="Release Notes" href="http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m6_snapshot.html">http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m6_snapshot.html</a><br /></p> - <p>MD5 checksums:<br /><a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m6_md5sums.txt" title="Page containing MD5 checksums">http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m6_md5sums.txt</a></p></content:encoded> - <dc:date>2009-11-27T10:11:18+00:00</dc:date> - <dc:creator>Joost Andrae</dc:creator> -</item> </rdf:RDF> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.902&r2=1.903 Delta lines: +18 -16 --------------------- --- rss20.xml 2009-12-26 18:00:26+0000 1.902 +++ rss20.xml 2009-12-30 18:00:26+0000 1.903 @@ -8,6 +8,24 @@ <description>Marketing Planet - http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/</description> <item> + <title>Charles Schulz: Some predictions for 2010</title> + <guid>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/12/30/some-predictions-for-2010/</guid> + <link>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/12/30/some-predictions-for-2010/</link> + <description><p>This will be the last post of the year 2009. 2010 will be an interesting year to come, for many reasons, and that&#8217;s why I have outlined a few predictions below for the year to come. Feel free to comment or add to this list, and happy new year 2010!</p> +<ul> +<li>OpenOffice.org&#8217;s market share will ceased to be constantly looked down upon by analysts. I had <a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/12/07/question-of-the-day-whats-the-real-market-share-of-openofficeorg/">recently explained</a> why measuring its market share is complex, and why it is constantly underrated. But now <a href="http://blogs.computerworld.com/15327/why_does_microsoft_fear_openoffice_org">it seems that Microsoft (and the press) are taking good notice</a> of the fast-growing adoption of OpenOffice.org by, well, pretty much everyone out there.</li> +<li>Standardization of the most recent release of OpenDocument, the 1.2, will be painful, and might perhaps never see a happy ending. For one thing, Microsoft controls the ISO through seemingly fortuitous and massive participation in every national standards bodies forming the ISO, and the ISO&#8217;s JTC 1 seems to have decided that the world should be content with some sort of ODF 1.1 &#8220;plus plus&#8221;. Note that this ODF 1.1 is not a bad thing in itself, but it is very much the result of connivings against ODF and everything non-Microsoft. You never should bite the hand that feeds you, after all&#8230;</li> +<li>The<a href="http://lpod-project.org"> lpOD project</a>, already well underway, will be a success and might become one of the main references for the <a href="http://odftoolkit.org">ODF ecosystem</a>.</li> +<li><a href="http://secondlife.com">Second Life, the largest online virtual world or metaverse</a> will have to innovate again, or will lose its customers progressively to the new show in town, &#8220;<a href="http://www.bluemarsonline.com/">Blue Mars</a>&#8220;.</li> +<li>It&#8217;s almost becoming a cliché, but cloud computing will again be part of the hype in 2010 and gain a strong momentum on the market. Among many challenges, there is the fundamental need for portability and openness of the users&#8217; data, its control by these very users, and more generally the increasingly clear divide between centralized and decentralized data architecture. In the end, this will become political, and as important, if not more, than the freedome to code and its sharing.</li> +<li>In the aftermath of the Bilski case, there seems to be a consensus that the criteria for &#8220;software patentability&#8221; will be much more demanding in the U.S. Of course, a few illuminated curmudgeons inside the European sphere of power, influenced by pro-patent lobbieswill fight hard to implement software patents in its whole horror. But in the end, what we need to do is not being satisfied with raising the bar on patentability criteria, we need to get the message straight and clear that software patents are not acceptable anywhere. ACTA anyone?</li> +<li><a href="http://www.archlinux.org">Arch Linux</a> will continue its growth among technical and power users (I&#8217;m one of them) while Ubuntu will stagnate (unless Canonical opens its online media store), OpenSuse somewhat loses users, Fedora will grow its userbase, Mandriva will make a strong comeback if they manage to secure their business. How do I know all this? I&#8217;ve been in the Linux distributions business, punditry and expertise for quite some time (since 2002, actually) and if there&#8217;s something you can count on over the long term, it&#8217;s&#8230; <a href="http://distrowatch.com">the Distrowatch billboard</a>. This thing has never proved to be really wrong. I&#8217;ll cover more of these topics in 2010. Meanwhile, have a great New Year&#8217;s Eve and a happy new year to you!</li> +</ul> +<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=149&akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_149" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> +</p></description> + <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:01:13 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>John McCreesh: Race against the machine</title> <guid>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=815</guid> <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2009/12/26/race-against-the-machine/</link> @@ -392,22 +410,6 @@ <p>MD5 checksums:<br /><a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/DEV300_m66_md5sums.txt" title="Page containing MD5 checksums">http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/DEV300_m66_md5sums.txt</a></p></description> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:16:08 +0000</pubDate> </item> -<item> - <title>GullFOSS: New: OOo-DEV 3.2.0 Developer Snapshot (build OOO320_m6) available</title> - <guid>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/e6f09a924621cebc</guid> - <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_25</link> - <description><p><b>Developer Snapshot build OOo-Dev OOO320_m6</b> which installs as OOo-DEV 3.2.0 has been uploaded.</p> - <p><b>ATTENTION: -</b><br />Due to P1 issue <a href="http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107239">http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=107239</a> -the Java based installer will not work on all platforms where it is -used. This issue will be fixed within the next milestone OOO320_m7. -</p> - <p>If you find severe issues within this build please file them to OpenOffice.org's bug tracking system IssueTracker. </p> - <p>Please use the following link:<br /><a title="Download page" href="http://download.openoffice.org/next">http://download.openoffice.org/next</a></p> - <p>Release Notes:<br /><a title="Release Notes" href="http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m6_snapshot.html">http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OOO320_m6_snapshot.html</a><br /></p> - <p>MD5 checksums:<br /><a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m6_md5sums.txt" title="Page containing MD5 checksums">http://download.openoffice.org/next/md5sums/OOO320_m6_md5sums.txt</a></p></description> - <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:11:18 +0000</pubDate> -</item> </channel> </rss> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
