Tag Archives: Open Standards

The ‘Ow’ starts now

Posted on 30. January, 2007 by Georg Greve

Today is the day when Microsoft Vista starts shipping, and this operating system may indeed turn out to be quite painful for governments, companies and users around the world. The main problem is not the graphical user interface. If you … Continue reading →

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Call for letters to ISO re: OpenXML

Posted on 25. January, 2007 by Georg Greve

Following up on the articles "Novells ‘Danaergeschenk’", "Is OpenXML now a standard?", "OpenXML wrap-up after D12K" and "Why criticise OpenXML now?" I would like to make sure that everyone has had a look at the Groklaw article "Deadline Looms to … Continue reading →

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Why criticise OpenXML now?

Posted on 13. December, 2006 by Georg Greve

Some people raised the question why I have chosen to become verbal about OpenXML and Novell’s activities to include support for it in OpenOffice.org, and whether this has to do with the MS/Novell deal and the related public outcry. The … Continue reading →

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Groklaw: The Way Forward (on Open Standards)

Posted on 12. December, 2006 by Georg Greve

As a pleasant surprise this morning, I received news from PJ of Groklaw who unexpectedly picked up on my OpenXML wrap-up after D12K, which is based on feedback to “Novell’s Danaergeschenk” and also “Is OpenXML now a standard?“. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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OpenXML wrap-up after D12K

Posted on 12. December, 2006 by Georg Greve

Publication of my article "Novells Danaergeschenk" on Groklaw.net has spurred quite some interesting reactions, like this interview with the Futurezone of the ORF, Austria’s national public-service broadcaster, titled "Streit ums Dateiformat der Zukunft" ("Controversy about the file format of the … Continue reading →

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Is OpenXML now a standard?

Posted on 8. December, 2006 by Georg Greve

Today we learned that ECMA International has accepted Microsofts OpenXML as an ECMA standard, and that it did so against the vote of IBM. This is bad news for Open Standards, Free Software, competition and consumers. As explained in my … Continue reading →

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Novells “Danaergeschenk”

Posted on 8. December, 2006 by Georg Greve

The following article has just gone up on Groklaw, one of my favorite news sources, and is mirrored here for convenience. Permanent URLs for this article are: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061208135621706 http://www.fsfe.org/fellows/greve/freedom_bits/novells_danaergeschenk   German is an interesting language, and many of its words … Continue reading →

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