October 2008

ODF Update

October 31, 2008

Nothing of interplanetary significance to report, I’m glad to report steady progress on all fronts. As many of you already know, standards maintenance consists of two main activities: Defect removal through the issuance of corrections to published standards (variously called “errata” or “corrigenda”, depending on your zodiacal sign) Revision, through the issuance of updated (and [...]

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Don’t shoot until you see their eyes

October 21, 2008

September 18th, 2008Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)Pentax K10D with 100mm macro, 1/350 at f/5.6 When I was a child, I did as children do, and chased butterflies in the fields. Forty years later the fascination, if not the boundless energy, still remains. Is there any logic to the flight of a butterfly? It certainly is [...]

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ODF @ OOoCon 2008

October 12, 2008

Ah,the relief. I can miss the silly season this year. I can turn off the TV, turn off the talk radio, turn the newspaper straight to the sports page, and altogether ignore the last month of the campaign. Why? Because I’m attending the OpenOffice.org 2008 Conference in Beijing, November 5th-7th. Since I’ll miss election day, [...]

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Where’s Rob?

October 7, 2008

Alex Brown is saddened that I did not attend the JTC1/SC34 Plenary in Korea last week. You can view his photo essay and lament on my absence here. [A] question being asked along the committee corridors by perplexed NB members is whether IBM has withdrawn its staff from participation SC 34. I have no idea, [...]

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