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LWN.net Weekly Edition for October 16, 2008 [LWN.net]

"While there have been various responses to the analysis—including this LWN comment thread—there has, as yet, been no real counter-analysis that comes to a different conclusion." - this is the answer to a previous question i received on why i considered Meeks' post interesting.

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november 2008 by sogrady

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Red Hat Summit panel: Who 'won' OOXML battle? | InfoWorld | News | 2008-06-19 | By Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Service

let me get this straight: the MSFT guy said ODF won? anyone there care to provide some context?

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june 2008 by sogrady

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When standards ain't standards - Perspectives - Opinion - Technology

"It's a shame, really. Microsoft Office 2007 is a fabulous piece of work, but few people are using it, partly because of the new file format. OOXML works well, but things would have been much better had Microsoft adopted ODF."

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march 2008 by sogrady

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Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (And some workarounds) - Joel on Software

an interesting perspective on the Microsoft Office file format complexity question

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february 2008 by sogrady

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An Antic Disposition: Punct Contrapunct

wherein Rob is not happy with the Burton Group

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february 2008 by sogrady

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Malte Timmermann's Blog

nice to see

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december 2007 by sogrady

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» OpenDocument Format community steadfast despite theatrics of now impotent ‘Foundation’ | Berlind’s Testbed | ZDNet.com

i've heard quite a bit about this, and despite knowing both Gary and Sam, i can't say i really understand what's going on.

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november 2007 by sogrady

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Linux.com :: GNOME Foundation defends OOXML involvement

<sigh> i was hoping i could skip this one, as it seem clear cut from where i sit, but i guess it's more nebulous than i'd hoped

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november 2007 by sogrady

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The odf-discuss October 2007 Archive by thread

wasted almost an hour today watching this trainwreck of a line of commentary today. unfortunate, and unproductive.

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november 2007 by sogrady

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Erwin's StarOffice Tango

this is excellent news indeed: ODF support for OS X fiends like Cote

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october 2007 by sogrady

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Matusow's Blog : Independent Implementations of Open XML

Jason's right, the comments attached to this post - including those from Andy Updegrove - are very educational. read them all, whether you come down on the OOXML or ODF side of the fence.

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september 2007 by sogrady

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Harmonization by augmenting ODF with OOXML elements - O'Reilly XML Blog

couple of people have sent this along, and it's a very interesting idea; be interesting to see how the namespace embedding affected performance. wondering too if this isn't the approach some of the plugin providers have taken.

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september 2007 by sogrady

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ConsortiumInfo.org - Microsoft Fails to Gain Approval for OOXML

Andy breaks down the news for you

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september 2007 by sogrady

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Microsoft vs. Google – the open source shame | The Register

agree with Ashlee on the questions around open source, disagree on questions of standards. apart from my query history, everything i put into Google i can extract via POP3, XMPP, ODF, and so on.

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august 2007 by sogrady

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Mark Shuttleworth » Blog Archive » Emerging consensus in favour of a unified document format standard?

Mark Shuttleworth urges users to vote for a single ISO document format: as someone who believes that multiple formats are in the best interests of vendors but not users, i agree.

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august 2007 by sogrady

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Simon Phipps, SunMink: ODF Plug-in for MS Office Released

"I'm pleased to say that the Sun ODF Plug-In for MS Office has now been officially released." - will have to give this a whirl

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july 2007 by sogrady

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Matusow's Blog : Open XML- Denmark, now Massachusetts

not surprised that Jason thinks this is a positive development - this is a big PR win for MSFT, which came as a result of significant lobbying efforts. as someone who believes redundant formats are an issue, i do not regard this as positive

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july 2007 by sogrady

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Crushed by the Wheels of Industry | Tech News on ZDNet

half a dozen folks pointed me over here, and honestly, i can see why - cut and paste don't work? seriously?

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may 2007 by sogrady

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This might interest you -- bportlock's comment on "MS Office 2007 versus Open Office 2.2 shootout" | TalkBack on ZDNet

here we go again: Ou's apparently still using that absurd several hundred megabyte file for his testing - why, i wonder?

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april 2007 by sogrady

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Index of /code/mysql-awss3/presentations

Mark's slides on the S3 Engine here at MySQL Conference - ODF versions available, outstanding

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april 2007 by sogrady

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Sam Ruby: ODF Validator

"I’m very pleased to announce an ODF validation service: Similar to the W3C validation service for HTML, you can use this website to verify a document’s compliance with the OpenDocument Format." - interesting

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april 2007 by sogrady

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Q&A: Former Mass. CIO feels 'bittersweet pride' after battles with Microsoft, legislature

lots of folks have already linked here, and the interview is indeed fascinating

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march 2007 by sogrady

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The NOSE: Information Technology in Higher Education: ODF Under Consideration in Minnesota and Texas

Al looks at the possibility that Texas and Minnesota would move to ODF - or OOXML

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february 2007 by sogrady

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An Antic Disposition: More Matter with Less Art

a response to Miguel's post that pissed a lot of people off; lots of substance here, but i maintain - as i did in a few private conversations yesterday - that some of Miguel's original contentions are quite legitimate

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february 2007 by sogrady

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The EU Prosecutors are Wrong. - Miguel de Icaza

interesting and thoughtful post from Miguel arguing on behalf of OOXML; don't agree with all of it, but there are some good points in here

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january 2007 by sogrady

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opendocument.foundation - The OpenDocument Foundation

will be testing this out on our RedMonk report templates which are fairly heavily complex in terms of formatting

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january 2007 by sogrady

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Simon Phipps, SunMink

Simon on the ODF toolkit news; even more add to my plate to cover...sigh

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january 2007 by sogrady

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Microsoft in hot water over Wikipedia edits - CNN.com

will have more on this in an upcoming ODF/OOXML post, but for now let me say that i'm less worried about this than some other posters

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january 2007 by sogrady

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Getting people to say nice things about Microsoft

"Wikipedia is a farce that far too many people assume is gospel. If Microsoft can put a pro-Microsoft spin in Wikipedia's articles, you know darn well they will." - strongly disagree; this seems to assume that any "spin" is permanent

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january 2007 by sogrady

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odftoolkit: The OpenOffice.org ODF Toolkit Project

thank to Louis for letting me know about this via email; will have more to say hopefully in the near future

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january 2007 by sogrady

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PlexNex: Analyzing the Microsoft Office Open XML License

be interested for the 'Softies answers to some of the questions raised here; as Sam says, a dialogue would be great

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january 2007 by sogrady

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Luis Villa’s Blog » quick thoughts on novell, blogs as journalism, etc.

Luis' also debunks the "forking" call re: Novell and OO.o

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december 2006 by sogrady

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ConsortiumInfo.org - Novell, ODF and Castles in the Sand

once more, Andy's said (more eloquently) what i would have

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december 2006 by sogrady

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OpenOffice Forks? - Miguel de Icaza

Miguel responds - aggressively - to PJ's piece on the 'fork' of OO.o

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december 2006 by sogrady

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ConsortiumInfo.org - The Happy State of (ODF implementation in) Massachusetts

great (as usual) summary of ODF progress in MA from Andy; even better? it's in Q&A format ;)

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november 2006 by sogrady

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Brian Jones: Open XML Formats : They’re bringing out the big guns

Microsoft's Brian Jones responds to some of the Open XML critiques from Phipps, Sutor & Weir

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october 2006 by sogrady

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GullFOSS

just a note to the GullFOSS authors: you are making my job *much* easier - thank you

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october 2006 by sogrady

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Consortiuminfo.org - Louis Gutierrez Resigns: Deja Vu on Beacon Hill

as usual, Andy's got the scoop on ODF related news out of MA

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october 2006 by sogrady

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Gutierrez resigns his post as Mass. CIO - Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology:

what's going to be the impact here to ODF, i wonder?

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october 2006 by sogrady

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» Google Spreadsheets 1.1.5g released | Googling Google | ZDNet.com

Google Spreadsheets adds ODF support; while there will still undoubtedly be many who mistakenly (IMO) compare this offering to Excel, the fact is that Writely/Spreadly have the potential to be the most widely available ODF application set

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september 2006 by sogrady

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Consortiuminfo.org - Mass ITD Resolved Accessibility Issues, Adjusts ODF Rollout Details

Andy, as usual, has this covered; the problem from where i sit is relatively simple - lots of folks are confusing open standards (e.g. ODF) with open source (e.g. OO.o) - a natural error, but one that shouldn't be made at this point

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august 2006 by sogrady

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An Antic Disposition: Traduttore, Traditore

the most detailed explanation of the shortcomings of Microsoft's ODF plugin i've seen yet; let's hope they're addressed, either by this plugin or an alternative

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july 2006 by sogrady

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Google backs OpenDocument format

interesting addition to the ODF alliance; have received a couple of calls on this already

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july 2006 by sogrady

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Consortiuminfo.org - The Microsoft Converter, News Shopping and Tectonic Shifts

*must* read piece on the Microsoft ODF news - see especially the reflections on his conversation with Jason; also, on a personal note, hugely appreciate the kind words coming from a guy like Andy

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july 2006 by sogrady

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PlexNex: Microsoft "Supports" ODF

Sam's with David in thinking i got this wrong - give it a read, although i still maintain my position

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july 2006 by sogrady

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Notes2Self.net : ODF Add-In - Screenshots

screenshots of the ODF plugin

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july 2006 by sogrady

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jonobacon@home » Microsoft supports OpenDocument

"Microsoft seem define interoperability as ‘making things work with specific vendors’. " - interesting notion, and a charge that frankly could be levelled at a variety of commercial vendors

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july 2006 by sogrady

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Heed Microsoft's move, adopt OpenDocument: OSIA: ZDNet Australia: News: Software

Australia sees Microsoft's decision as a validation of ODF - we'll see more and more of this, i think

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july 2006 by sogrady

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SourceForge.net: ODF Add-in for Word 2007

the project that's got everyone talking: adding ODF support to Word 2007

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july 2006 by sogrady

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Gotzeblogged: ODF in Denmark

some adoption news re: ODF in Denmark (via James)

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may 2006 by sogrady

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Consortiuminfo.org - ODF Plug-ins and a Microsoft Promise of Cooperation

Matusow's commentary is going to generate a lot of talk, i'm sure

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may 2006 by sogrady

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GROKLAW

an ODF plugin for Microsoft Word? this would be a Very Big Deal, IMO, as it would allow organizations to embrace ODF while continuing to leverage their investments in Office

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may 2006 by sogrady

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Erwin's StarOffice Tango

some interesting feedback from a disabled user of Microsoft technologies - give it a read

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february 2006 by sogrady

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Erwin's StarOffice Tango

ODF viewer for Firefox - has anyone tried this yet? i would, but i've gunked up my Firefox install pretty good so my results would be meaningless

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february 2006 by sogrady

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Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life - WordPerfect to Support Microsoft Office Open XML Formats

interesting news, but i agree with the commenter: this was pretty much expected from Corel

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january 2006 by sogrady

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Consortiuminfo.org Standards Blog

great summary and update from Andy on where ODF is vis a vis MA

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january 2006 by sogrady

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developerWorks : Blogs : Bob Sutor

IBM's Sutor's wishes for the upcoming year

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january 2006 by sogrady

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Delusions of Adequacy: Bloggerview with Doug Heintzman - SWG Strategist: Analysts - It's a Partnership of Discovery

outstanding interview w/ one of the more important IBMers; speaking of, if you get this Teressa, we need to chat about continuing the chats

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january 2006 by sogrady

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Consortiuminfo.org Standards Blog

you can always count on Andy to give a blow by blow account of these activities - excellent work, sir

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december 2005 by sogrady

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Erwin's StarOffice Tango

Erwin says that Gmail's support OpenOffice files, but while Word and Excel files give me an HTML option, thus far ODT does not - do they mean sxw pehaps?

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december 2005 by sogrady

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Line56.com: OpenDocument Tipping Point

Sun's Tenhumberg on ODF traction and more

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december 2005 by sogrady

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Microsoft to open Office

Computerworld, November 30th, 2005

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december 2005 by sogrady

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» ODF subpar for the disabled? Not so fast says Google researcher. | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com