The OASIS ODF Adoption TC is organizing an ODF Camp to be held on September 20th in Barcelona, Spain. Facilities for this event are graciously provided by OpenOffice.org, which will be holding its annual conference concurrently. The hope is that … [Continue reading] about An Invitation: ODF Interoperability Workshop
One Year and One Hundred Posts Later…
I'm not one for excessive self-reflection. Like the Heresiarchs of Uqbar, I think that mirrors are abominable. However, since I have simultaneously reached my 100th blog post as well as my one year anniversary with An Antic Disposition, I feel … [Continue reading] about One Year and One Hundred Posts Later…
My comments on the ETRM 4.0 draft
This was my response to the call for public comments on the Information Technology Division's (ITD) Enterprise Technical Reference Model (ETRM) 4.0 draft. I’d like to write to you as a long-time Massachusetts resident and taxpayer. My employer … [Continue reading] about My comments on the ETRM 4.0 draft
Competition Optional
Regular readers will recall previous posts where I wrote about the abuse of language in the file format debate, including individual posts on the words choice, representation, compatibility and interoperability. Now it is time to slay another … [Continue reading] about Competition Optional
Stranger than Fiction
This is taken from slide 21 of Ecma's "Standards @ Internet Speed" presentation (22 June 2007 version) which you can download here. It appears to be a sales pitch.I've joked about the Ecma process before, but I never thought I'd see it written out … [Continue reading] about Stranger than Fiction