November 2010

Invitation: Join the “openstandards” sub-reddit

November 10, 2010

For a couple of years I’ve been trying to find a good way to share and discuss news, articles, blog posts, etc., about open standards. I’m not very pleased with the results. I’ve tried putting out weekly links of relevant articles on my blog.  Although this is semi-automated, it is severely limited, since only has [...]

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The Legacy of OpenOffice.org

November 7, 2010

When I hear the word “fork”, I reach for my gun.  OK.  Maybe it is not that bad.  But in the open source world, “fork” is a loaded term.  It can, of course, be an expression of a basic open source freedom.  But it can also represent “fighting words”.  It is like the way we [...]

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Introducing: the Simple Java API for ODF

November 1, 2010

The Announcement The first public release of the new Simple Java API for ODF is now available for download. This API radically simplifies common document automation tasks, allowing you to perform tasks in a few lines of code that would require hundreds if you were manipulating the ODF XML directly. The Simple API is part [...]

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