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Log: Planet run at Wed Mar 17 13:00:12 CET 2010 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.3069&r2=1.3070 Delta lines: +31 -27 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2010-03-17 06:00:34+0000 1.3069 +++ atom.xml 2010-03-17 12:00:48+0000 1.3070 @@ -5,9 +5,33 @@ <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>2010-03-17T06:00:32+00:00</updated> + <updated>2010-03-17T12:00:46+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> + <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">Conspiracy? afraid not</title> + <link href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2010/03/17/conspiracy-afraid-not/"/> + <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=883</id> + <updated>2010-03-17T10:22:48+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p>Since I <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discuss&msgNo=65821">made public my decision not to stand again</a> for the <a href="http://council.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org. Community Council</a> I&#8217;ve had a flurry of emails from people asking what the &#8216;real&#8217; reason is: is it a consequence of the Oracle purchase of Sun Microsystems? and I disillusioned with the whole Council process? have I been offered a job by Microsoft?</p> +<p>The answer is of course much simpler than the conspiracy theorists would like. Since taking early retirement last November I have &#8211; ironically &#8211; had even less time than before to spend on OpenOffice.org business. I missed the last Community Council meeting, and I&#8217;m going to miss the next two, and I don&#8217;t really see things improving in the near future. It wasn&#8217;t an easy decision to make, but it seemed only right to make way for someone who has sufficient bandwidth to do the job properly.</p> +<p>And for the conspiracy theorists: any merger / acquisition process makes life difficult for the employees of the target company. The Sun Microsystems team in Hamburg were and are major contributors to OpenOffice.org. It&#8217;s very hard to participate fully in an open-source community when there are severe regulatory pressures to prevent &#8216;leaks&#8217; of information. There&#8217;s also a natural human tendency to keep your head down and your mouth shut when you&#8217;re not sure what&#8217;s going to happen to your job.</p> +<p>Am I disillusioned? The Community Council is where the Sunnies and the volunteers come together from a governance perspective, so it&#8217;s not surprising that it&#8217;s been tough going there recently. I&#8217;m optimistic that with the right people on board, the Community Council can serve the community well. A steady influx of new blood is essential for that to happen &#8211; serving successive terms should be an exception rather than a rule.</p> +<p>What about Oracle? IMHO IT vendors &#8211; especially software vendors &#8211; are a bunch of shysters, hucksters, pimps, and pushers earning ridiculous fees peddling the impossible to the ignorant. Among this slough of mendacity, Sun Microsystems in my experience stood out as a beacon of comparative probity. Let&#8217;s hope the ex-Sunnies keep their core values as they are absorbed into their new corporate structures.</p> +<p>And no, I haven&#8217;t been offered a job by Microsoft.</p></content> + <author> + <name>John McCreesh</name> + <uri>http://www.mealldubh.org</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">Meall Dubh » OpenOffice.org</title> + <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>2010-03-17T12:00:14+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + <entry> <title type="html">New: OOo-DEV 3.x Developer Snapshot (build DEV300_m75) available</title> <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_x27"/> @@ -27,7 +51,7 @@ <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>2010-03-17T06:00:19+00:00</updated> + <updated>2010-03-17T12:00:17+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -50,7 +74,7 @@ <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>2010-03-17T06:00:19+00:00</updated> + <updated>2010-03-17T12:00:17+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -272,7 +296,7 @@ <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>2010-03-11T18:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2010-03-17T12:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -313,7 +337,7 @@ <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>2010-03-17T06:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2010-03-17T12:00:14+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -336,7 +360,7 @@ <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>2010-03-17T06:00:19+00:00</updated> + <updated>2010-03-17T12:00:17+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -405,7 +429,7 @@ <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>2010-03-17T06:00:19+00:00</updated> + <updated>2010-03-17T12:00:17+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -431,24 +455,4 @@ </source> </entry> - <entry> - <title type="html">ODF's doomed mission to break into Microsoft Office ⢠The Register</title> - <link href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2010/02/odfs-doomed-mission-to-break-into.html"/> - <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-5723664805341259996</id> - <updated>2010-02-23T10:53:43+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><div>A good article by Gavin Clarke of El Reg on MSFT's "support" of ODF in Office 2010. All the more reason to push ahead with normalization standards, so that essentially bogus claims by vendors of support can be seen for what they are.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is not really about open source, though it is apposed to it. It is about open standards and about giving consumers, regardless of size, might, force, power, the confidence to use any application claiming support for a standard without the fear that it won't work as it ought.</div><div><br /></div><div>I guess a version of this issue is that associated now with generic medications: the branded versions claim superiority and according to a Times article not long ago, there are seeming differences. But if the drug is the same regardless of the wrapper or added elements, and if it is the drug or whatever substance at heart (code, here) that is the effective agent, then it ought not to make a difference what it is called or branded. It either works or it doesn't. </div><div><br /></div><div>Same with ODF.</div><div><br /></div><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/23/odf_ballot_office_2010/">ODF's doomed mission to break into Microsoft Office ⢠The Register</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4649039904546083564-5723664805341259996?l=ooo-speak.blogspot.com" alt="" /></div></content> - <author> - <name>oulipo</name> - <email>[email protected]</email> - <uri>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">ooo-speak</title> - <subtitle type="html">Mostly on OpenOffice.org, FOSS, and everything else.</subtitle> - <link rel="self" href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"/> - <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564</id> - <updated>2010-03-12T06:00:21+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.3076&r2=1.3077 Delta lines: +21 -16 --------------------- --- index.html 2010-03-17 06:00:35+0000 1.3076 +++ index.html 2010-03-17 12:00:49+0000 1.3077 @@ -37,8 +37,28 @@ <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: March 17, 2010 06:00 AM CET</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: March 17, 2010 12:00 PM CET</em></p> +<h2>March 17, 2010</h2> +<h3> +<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org"; title="Meall Dubh » OpenOffice.org"> +John McCreesh</a> : +<a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2010/03/17/conspiracy-afraid-not/";> +Conspiracy? afraid not</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p>Since I <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discuss&msgNo=65821";>made public my decision not to stand again</a> for the <a href="http://council.openoffice.org/";>OpenOffice.org. Community Council</a> I’ve had a flurry of emails from people asking what the ‘real’ reason is: is it a consequence of the Oracle purchase of Sun Microsystems? and I disillusioned with the whole Council process? have I been offered a job by Microsoft?</p> +<p>The answer is of course much simpler than the conspiracy theorists would like. Since taking early retirement last November I have – ironically – had even less time than before to spend on OpenOffice.org business. I missed the last Community Council meeting, and I’m going to miss the next two, and I don’t really see things improving in the near future. It wasn’t an easy decision to make, but it seemed only right to make way for someone who has sufficient bandwidth to do the job properly.</p> +<p>And for the conspiracy theorists: any merger / acquisition process makes life difficult for the employees of the target company. The Sun Microsystems team in Hamburg were and are major contributors to OpenOffice.org. It’s very hard to participate fully in an open-source community when there are severe regulatory pressures to prevent ‘leaks’ of information. There’s also a natural human tendency to keep your head down and your mouth shut when you’re not sure what’s going to happen to your job.</p> +<p>Am I disillusioned? The Community Council is where the Sunnies and the volunteers come together from a governance perspective, so it’s not surprising that it’s been tough going there recently. I’m optimistic that with the right people on board, the Community Council can serve the community well. A steady influx of new blood is essential for that to happen – serving successive terms should be an exception rather than a rule.</p> +<p>What about Oracle? IMHO IT vendors – especially software vendors – are a bunch of shysters, hucksters, pimps, and pushers earning ridiculous fees peddling the impossible to the ignorant. Among this slough of mendacity, Sun Microsystems in my experience stood out as a beacon of comparative probity. Let’s hope the ex-Sunnies keep their core values as they are absorbed into their new corporate structures.</p> +<p>And no, I haven’t been offered a job by Microsoft.</p></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2010/03/17/conspiracy-afraid-not/";>by John at March 17, 2010 10:22 AM CET</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>March 15, 2010</h2> <h3> <a href="" title="jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader"> @@ -376,21 +396,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h2>February 23, 2010</h2> -<h3> -<a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/"; title="ooo-speak"> -Louis Suarez-Potts</a> : -<a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2010/02/odfs-doomed-mission-to-break-into.html";> -ODF's doomed mission to break into Microsoft Office ⢠The Register</a> -</h3> -<p> -<div>A good article by Gavin Clarke of El Reg on MSFT's "support" of ODF in Office 2010. All the more reason to push ahead with normalization standards, so that essentially bogus claims by vendors of support can be seen for what they are.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is not really about open source, though it is apposed to it. It is about open standards and about giving consumers, regardless of size, might, force, power, the confidence to use any application claiming support for a standard without the fear that it won't work as it ought.</div><div><br /></div><div>I guess a version of this issue is that associated now with generic medications: the branded versions claim superiority and according to a Times article not long ago, there are seeming differences. But if the drug is the same regardless of the wrapper or added elements, and if it is the drug or whatever substance at heart (code, here) that is the effective agent, then it ought not to make a difference what it is called or branded. It either works or it doesn't. </div><div><br /></div><div>Same with ODF.</div><div><br /></div><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/23/odf_ballot_office_2010/";>ODF's doomed mission to break into Microsoft Office ⢠The Register</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4649039904546083564-5723664805341259996?l=ooo-speak.blogspot.com"; alt="" /></div></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2010/02/odfs-doomed-mission-to-break-into.html";>by oulipo ([email protected]) at February 23, 2010 10:53 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=1.3069&r2=1.3070 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2010-03-17 06:00:35+0000 1.3069 +++ opml.xml 2010-03-17 12:00:49+0000 1.3070 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:00:32 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:00:46 +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=1.961&r2=1.962 Delta lines: +12 -8 -------------------- --- rss10.xml 2010-03-15 12:00:29+0000 1.961 +++ rss10.xml 2010-03-17 12:00:49+0000 1.962 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=883"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/8ab877e9dd0b75d9" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/6543762acfd3e76f" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.instapaper.com/go/26000686"; /> @@ -32,11 +33,21 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.instapaper.com/go/24771303"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/9607609005c82037" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.instapaper.com/go/24413773"; /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-5723664805341259996" /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=883";> + <title>John McCreesh: Conspiracy? afraid not</title> + <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2010/03/17/conspiracy-afraid-not/</link> + <content:encoded><p>Since I <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discuss&msgNo=65821">made public my decision not to stand again</a> for the <a href="http://council.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org. Community Council</a> I&#8217;ve had a flurry of emails from people asking what the &#8216;real&#8217; reason is: is it a consequence of the Oracle purchase of Sun Microsystems? and I disillusioned with the whole Council process? have I been offered a job by Microsoft?</p> +<p>The answer is of course much simpler than the conspiracy theorists would like. Since taking early retirement last November I have &#8211; ironically &#8211; had even less time than before to spend on OpenOffice.org business. I missed the last Community Council meeting, and I&#8217;m going to miss the next two, and I don&#8217;t really see things improving in the near future. It wasn&#8217;t an easy decision to make, but it seemed only right to make way for someone who has sufficient bandwidth to do the job properly.</p> +<p>And for the conspiracy theorists: any merger / acquisition process makes life difficult for the employees of the target company. The Sun Microsystems team in Hamburg were and are major contributors to OpenOffice.org. It&#8217;s very hard to participate fully in an open-source community when there are severe regulatory pressures to prevent &#8216;leaks&#8217; of information. There&#8217;s also a natural human tendency to keep your head down and your mouth shut when you&#8217;re not sure what&#8217;s going to happen to your job.</p> +<p>Am I disillusioned? The Community Council is where the Sunnies and the volunteers come together from a governance perspective, so it&#8217;s not surprising that it&#8217;s been tough going there recently. I&#8217;m optimistic that with the right people on board, the Community Council can serve the community well. A steady influx of new blood is essential for that to happen &#8211; serving successive terms should be an exception rather than a rule.</p> +<p>What about Oracle? IMHO IT vendors &#8211; especially software vendors &#8211; are a bunch of shysters, hucksters, pimps, and pushers earning ridiculous fees peddling the impossible to the ignorant. Among this slough of mendacity, Sun Microsystems in my experience stood out as a beacon of comparative probity. Let&#8217;s hope the ex-Sunnies keep their core values as they are absorbed into their new corporate structures.</p> +<p>And no, I haven&#8217;t been offered a job by Microsoft.</p></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2010-03-17T10:22:48+00:00</dc:date> +</item> <item rdf:about="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/8ab877e9dd0b75d9"> <title>GullFOSS: New: OOo-DEV 3.x Developer Snapshot (build DEV300_m75) available</title> <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_x27</link> @@ -221,12 +232,5 @@ </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/T2jf11x9xKM" height="1" width="1" /></content:encoded> <dc:date>2010-02-25T13:29:49+00:00</dc:date> </item> -<item rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-5723664805341259996"> - <title>Louis Suarez-Potts: ODF's doomed mission to break into Microsoft Office ⢠The Register</title> - <link>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2010/02/odfs-doomed-mission-to-break-into.html</link> - <content:encoded><div>A good article by Gavin Clarke of El Reg on MSFT's "support" of ODF in Office 2010. All the more reason to push ahead with normalization standards, so that essentially bogus claims by vendors of support can be seen for what they are.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is not really about open source, though it is apposed to it. It is about open standards and about giving consumers, regardless of size, might, force, power, the confidence to use any application claiming support for a standard without the fear that it won't work as it ought.</div><div><br /></div><div>I guess a version of this issue is that associated now with generic medications: the branded versions claim superiority and according to a Times article not long ago, there are seeming differences. But if the drug is the same regardless of the wrapper or added elements, and if it is the drug or whatever substance at heart (code, here) that is the effective agent, then it ought not to make a difference what it is called or branded. It either works or it doesn't. </div><div><br /></div><div>Same with ODF.</div><div><br /></div><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/23/odf_ballot_office_2010/">ODF's doomed mission to break into Microsoft Office ⢠The Register</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4649039904546083564-5723664805341259996?l=ooo-speak.blogspot.com" alt="" /></div></content:encoded> - <dc:date>2010-02-23T10:53:43+00:00</dc:date> - <dc:creator>oulipo</dc:creator> -</item> </rdf:RDF> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.961&r2=1.962 Delta lines: +12 -8 -------------------- --- rss20.xml 2010-03-15 12:00:29+0000 1.961 +++ rss20.xml 2010-03-17 12:00:50+0000 1.962 @@ -8,6 +8,18 @@ <description>Marketing Planet - http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/</description> <item> + <title>John McCreesh: Conspiracy? afraid not</title> + <guid>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=883</guid> + <link>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2010/03/17/conspiracy-afraid-not/</link> + <description><p>Since I <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discuss&msgNo=65821">made public my decision not to stand again</a> for the <a href="http://council.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org. Community Council</a> I&#8217;ve had a flurry of emails from people asking what the &#8216;real&#8217; reason is: is it a consequence of the Oracle purchase of Sun Microsystems? and I disillusioned with the whole Council process? have I been offered a job by Microsoft?</p> +<p>The answer is of course much simpler than the conspiracy theorists would like. Since taking early retirement last November I have &#8211; ironically &#8211; had even less time than before to spend on OpenOffice.org business. I missed the last Community Council meeting, and I&#8217;m going to miss the next two, and I don&#8217;t really see things improving in the near future. It wasn&#8217;t an easy decision to make, but it seemed only right to make way for someone who has sufficient bandwidth to do the job properly.</p> +<p>And for the conspiracy theorists: any merger / acquisition process makes life difficult for the employees of the target company. The Sun Microsystems team in Hamburg were and are major contributors to OpenOffice.org. It&#8217;s very hard to participate fully in an open-source community when there are severe regulatory pressures to prevent &#8216;leaks&#8217; of information. There&#8217;s also a natural human tendency to keep your head down and your mouth shut when you&#8217;re not sure what&#8217;s going to happen to your job.</p> +<p>Am I disillusioned? The Community Council is where the Sunnies and the volunteers come together from a governance perspective, so it&#8217;s not surprising that it&#8217;s been tough going there recently. I&#8217;m optimistic that with the right people on board, the Community Council can serve the community well. A steady influx of new blood is essential for that to happen &#8211; serving successive terms should be an exception rather than a rule.</p> +<p>What about Oracle? IMHO IT vendors &#8211; especially software vendors &#8211; are a bunch of shysters, hucksters, pimps, and pushers earning ridiculous fees peddling the impossible to the ignorant. Among this slough of mendacity, Sun Microsystems in my experience stood out as a beacon of comparative probity. Let&#8217;s hope the ex-Sunnies keep their core values as they are absorbed into their new corporate structures.</p> +<p>And no, I haven&#8217;t been offered a job by Microsoft.</p></description> + <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:22:48 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>GullFOSS: New: OOo-DEV 3.x Developer Snapshot (build DEV300_m75) available</title> <guid>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/8ab877e9dd0b75d9</guid> <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_x27</link> @@ -206,14 +218,6 @@ </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/T2jf11x9xKM" height="1" width="1" /></description> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:29:49 +0000</pubDate> </item> -<item> - <title>Louis Suarez-Potts: ODF's doomed mission to break into Microsoft Office ⢠The Register</title> - <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-5723664805341259996</guid> - <link>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2010/02/odfs-doomed-mission-to-break-into.html</link> - <description><div>A good article by Gavin Clarke of El Reg on MSFT's "support" of ODF in Office 2010. All the more reason to push ahead with normalization standards, so that essentially bogus claims by vendors of support can be seen for what they are.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is not really about open source, though it is apposed to it. It is about open standards and about giving consumers, regardless of size, might, force, power, the confidence to use any application claiming support for a standard without the fear that it won't work as it ought.</div><div><br /></div><div>I guess a version of this issue is that associated now with generic medications: the branded versions claim superiority and according to a Times article not long ago, there are seeming differences. But if the drug is the same regardless of the wrapper or added elements, and if it is the drug or whatever substance at heart (code, here) that is the effective agent, then it ought not to make a difference what it is called or branded. It either works or it doesn't. </div><div><br /></div><div>Same with ODF.</div><div><br /></div><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/23/odf_ballot_office_2010/">ODF's doomed mission to break into Microsoft Office ⢠The Register</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4649039904546083564-5723664805341259996?l=ooo-speak.blogspot.com" alt="" /></div></description> - <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:53:43 +0000</pubDate> - <author>[email protected] (oulipo)</author> -</item> </channel> </rss> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
