The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is at it again. They are claiming that new UK Cabinet Office policy in favor of open standards -- the kind of standards that the web is built on and which has created billions in new economy jobs -- is … [Continue reading] about The BSA’s New Candlemakers
Photographing Waterfalls: 1000-fold Exposure Range
When photographing a waterfall (or other forms of moving, turbulent water), the choice of shutter speed determines whether you get a stop-action view of every droplet in motion, or whether you get a smooth, time-averaged view of the currents. What … [Continue reading] about Photographing Waterfalls: 1000-fold Exposure Range
Jeopardy x 10
I've been reading a lot of interesting discussions about the amazing Jeopardy match between human champions and IBM's Watson computer. Although I'm in no way involved in this project, it is very exciting to watch this event unfold. Some of the … [Continue reading] about Jeopardy x 10
The Versions of ODF
It has been a few months now since the OASIS ODF TC has done substantive technical work on ODF 1.2. We had a 60-day public review last summer, a 15-day public review last December and we will start another (hopefully final) 15-day public review … [Continue reading] about The Versions of ODF
Will Microsoft Remove DOC Format Support?
I noticed a curious argument in Jonathan Corbet's LWN article "Supporting OOXML in LibreOffice" (behind a pay wall). Why should we support OOXML? ...as has been pointed out in the discussion, Microsoft will, someday, phase out support for its … [Continue reading] about Will Microsoft Remove DOC Format Support?