Jack Sprat could eat no fat.His wife could eat no lean.And so betwixt them both, you see,They licked the platter clean!Is dietary fat good? Or is it bad? Without getting into a discussion of saturated versus unsaturated fats, or the virtues of … [Continue reading] about Low-Fat ODF
ODF Spreadsheet Interoperability: Theory and Practice
This is a follow up to some work we did at the ODF Interoperability Workshop in Beijing last November. We had good participation there: IBM, Sun, Google, Novell and Redflag from the big vendor side, as well as a good number of users. It was a … [Continue reading] about ODF Spreadsheet Interoperability: Theory and Practice
Being social
By nature I am an introvert. I don't schmooze. I don't "network". Like Sartre, I am firmly in the "Hell is other people" camp. However, since social and collaborative computing is large part of what we work on at IBM, and we've recently signed … [Continue reading] about Being social
Whither ODF?
Whether ODF will wither or weatherdepends on us as we work together.The question is where we should go: whither?The answer is clear at once.The question of "whither" is not so dense,and is easy to answer when we start with "whence?".Of the topic … [Continue reading] about Whither ODF?
Looking for Good Ideas for ODF-Next
A typical team project, whether software, standards, bridge construction or what have you, has a slow start dominated by a planning and scheduling, a middle period of execution, and an finish with final frantic rush of activity to complete the … [Continue reading] about Looking for Good Ideas for ODF-Next