May 2011

Gwenell Doc: A Small and Fast ODF Text Editor

May 26, 2011

  Today I look at Gwennel Doc, an ODF-based text editor for Microsoft Windows.  In interesting attribute of Gwennel is its small size and fast speed.  It can load and display the 792 page ODF 1.2, Part 1 specification in around 2 seconds, using an executable that is around 1/4 the size of that document.  [...]

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PJ, Goodbye and Good Luck

May 10, 2011

There was a time when daggers were drawn on Linux and its demise was plotted in dark detail.  At that hour stepped out a shieldmaiden with a blog, and that blog was Groklaw.   Eight years later, we hear the news that Groklaw will cease new postings after May 16th.  My sadness in hearing this news [...]

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Ten Things You Didn’t Know About ODF 1.2

May 5, 2011

Some little known facts, all of them true, but only some of them amusing, and even then only just so, about ODF 1.2, recently approved as a Committee Specification by the OASIS ODF TC: In producing OASIS ODF 1.2, we had 184 Technical Committee meetings, not including the numerous subcommittee meetings. During the development of [...]

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