March 31, 2010
Today is Document Freedom Day. In the five years since Open Document Format (ODF) first was approved in OASIS we have certainly made progress, but there is still work remaining to be done. How will we know when we have arrived? At what point can we declare victory and say “Free at last”? I think [...]
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October 12, 2009
A few words today on an important distinction that deserves greater appreciation, since it lies at the heart of several current interoperability debates. What I relate here will be well-known to any engineer, though I think almost anyone can understand the gist of this. First, let’s review the basics. Formats define how information is encoded. [...]
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