MATLAB Central - Newsreader - Does anyone else wish Matlab could handle Open ... "I took this advice and utilized the ODFDOM library (part of the odftoolkit project) to implement an xlsread wrapper .m function that will read .ods files on a non-pc … [Continue reading] about Weekly Links #21
Weekly Links #20
ODF Alliance Weblog "Last week, OASIS held the ODF 1.2 Interoperability Demonstration to showcase support for ODF 1.2 and the interoperability across eight implementations. The Demo showcased both open source and commercial software applications … [Continue reading] about Weekly Links #20
The Recipe for Open Standards (and Why ISO Can’t Cook)
Recipe First some definitions. Let's define an "open standard" as one that is: 1) freely available, 2) developed in an open process and 3) freely implementable, e.g., is royalty free. Clearly there are interests out there that attempt to soften … [Continue reading] about The Recipe for Open Standards (and Why ISO Can’t Cook)
Weekly Links #19
BE: Political party moving to a complete open source desktop "Ecolo, a green political party in Belgium, is planning to complete its move to a complete open source desktop system by the end of 2011. On the 220 workstations in its main office, it … [Continue reading] about Weekly Links #19
Weekly Links #18
IBM Lotus Symphony - Buzz: IBM Lotus Symphony 3 Beta 4 is now available "Lotus Symphony 3 Beta 4 represents a major new advancement for our Lotus Symphony users. Based on current OpenOffice.org 3 code stream. Lotus Symphony 3 Beta 4 offers loads of … [Continue reading] about Weekly Links #18