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ODF at 5 Years

2010/05/01 By Rob

Five years ago today, on May 1st, 2005 OASIS approved Open Document Format 1.0 as an OASIS Standard.  I'd like to take a few brief minutes to reflect on this milestone, but only a few.  We're busy at work in OASIS making final edits to ODF 1.2.  … [Continue reading] about ODF at 5 Years

Filed Under: ODF, Standards Tagged With: word processors

The Naming of Standards

2010/04/28 By Rob 2 Comments

I am occasionally asked, what is the correct name of the ODF standard?  Is it "OpenDocument Format"?  Or is it "Open Document Format", with a space between "Open" and "Document"? I'd like (hopefully) to clear this up. The naming decision … [Continue reading] about The Naming of Standards

Filed Under: ODF

IBM Software Consumability Survey

2010/04/28 By Rob Leave a Comment

We (IBM's Software Group) are doing a survey of user perceptions of the "consumability" of our products.  "What is consumability?" you might well ask.  It is a new word for an old idea.  It describes the end-to-end customer experience, the … [Continue reading] about IBM Software Consumability Survey

Filed Under: IBM

Weekly Links #7

2010/04/24 By Rob Leave a Comment

lpOD -- languages & platforms OpenDocument - lpOD 0.9.1 "Granada" is released - View "lpOD 0.9.1 "Granada" is released lpOD 0.9.1 has just been released, together with its documentation. You can download lpOD 0.9.1 here." tags: … [Continue reading] about Weekly Links #7

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Why I like Oracle’s $90 ODF Plugin

2010/04/21 By Rob 13 Comments

There has been a flurry of news articles about Oracle's price change on their (formerly Sun's) ODF Plugin for MS Office.  What was previously free (as in beer), at least for individual use, is now sold for $90 and with a minimum quantity of 100.  The … [Continue reading] about Why I like Oracle’s $90 ODF Plugin

Filed Under: ODF

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