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Category Archives: Standards
Some favorite 2009 blog entries on open source, standards, and cloud computing
I’ve been doing some year-end maintenance on the blog and in doing so put together the following list of blog entries that are among my favorites on the topics of open source, standards, and cloud computing. I could have also … Continue reading
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Daily Links for Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Standards Netherlands helps Denmark with open IT The Industry Standard The Dutch government has provided Denmark with information regarding the Dutch national plan Heemskerk for open government IT. In Denmark, there is heated debate about the approach for open IT … Continue reading
Microsoft survey on “perceptions of interoperability”
Microsoft appears to be running a survey on “perceptions of interoperability.” I’ll let you decide for yourself whether this is phrased in a completely neutral and objective manner, but you might want to weigh in if you feel you want … Continue reading
Daily Links for Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Open Source An Open Source Tool for Every Task School Library Journal / Steve Hargadon Following are some of the most popular OSS applications for schools. All are freely available, requiring no license fees, and can be loaded on an … Continue reading
Posted in News, Open Source, Software, Standards, Virtual Worlds
Tagged Google, Microsoft, OpenSim
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OFE objects to EIF 2.0
In a press release, OpenForum Europe (OFE) has reacted rather strongly to the latest draft, presumably leaked, of the European Interoperability Framework. From the introduction to the document: Brussels, 9th November 2009 – OFE has reacted strongly against a leaked … Continue reading
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Upcoming OpenOffice.org 2009 Conference in Orvieto, Italy
The next incarnation of the OpenOffice.org 2009 Conference will be held in a couple of weeks in Orvieto, Italy. The exact dates are November 3, 2009 – November 6, 2009. In addition to OpenOffice.org specifically, the conference will include discussions … Continue reading
Daily Links for Monday, October 19, 2009
Open Source Apache Tuscany Java SCA 1.5.1 Released The Apache Tuscany team are pleased to announce the 1.5.1 release of the Java SCA project. Apache Tuscany provides a runtime environment based on the Service Component Architecture (SCA). SCA is a … Continue reading
Daily Links for Tuesday, October 13, 2009 – Lunchtime Edition
Environment Farms as skyscrapers Boing Boing / David Pescovitz It’s been a decade since Columbia University professor Dickson Despommier launched his “Vertical Farm” project, devoted to the design of skyscrapers that house farms, instead of people or offices. It’s an … Continue reading
Posted in Document Formats, Environment, News, Open Source, Standards
Tagged Germany, Linux, ODF, Second Life
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Two new books for today
Here are a couple of books that have been released recently that you might want to look at. Protocol Politics: The Globalization of Internet Governance (Information Revolution and Global Politics) Laura DeNardis Protocol Politics examines what’s at stake politically, economically, … Continue reading
Daily Links for Friday, October 2, 2009 – Morning Edition
Open Source Don’t confuse open source with open standards InfoWorld / Savio Rodrigues It goes without saying that open source isn’t a necessary condition to complying with standards. I’d argue that the cost of exit for standards-based software, open source … Continue reading
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Daily News for August 13, 2009 – Morning Edition
eBooks Sony Plans to Adopt Common Format for E-Books New York Times “Some restrictions on the use of e-books are likely to remain a fact of life. But some publishers and consumer electronics makers are aiming to give e-book buyers … Continue reading
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Daily Links 07/21/2009 (p.m.)
An Antic Disposition: ODFDOM 0.7 Released “I’m pleased to report that the 0.7 release of the ODF Toolkit Union’s ODFDOM library has just been released. This is an open source (Apache 2.0 license) Java toolkit for programmatically reading, writing and … Continue reading
Advancing a culture of IT openness
I’m going to go out on a limb here and quote a sentence from Wikipedia’s entry (here today, changed tomorrow, changed back the next day) on aspects of culture: the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes … Continue reading
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Update on sharing documents
Three years ago (!) I wrote a post called “How do you share documents?” where I essentially said “When you give documents to others that you do not expect them to change, use PDF. If they need an updatable form, … Continue reading
Standards leader job responsibilities
Earlier today I was asked by someone outside IBM for a job description for an organization’s standards leader. You can divide this up in several different ways, including combining everything into one person’s role, but here are some of the … Continue reading
Andy Updegrove: “IT Policy And The Road To Open Government”
Attorney Andy Updegrove has just published his latest newsletter on the topic of “IT Policy And The Road To Open Government” within his Consortiuminfo.org website. He includes discussions on With Access and Information for All Enabling Open Government How Open … Continue reading
Posted in Open Source, Politics / Government, Standards
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My OpenExpo talk: “The Intersection of Ideas in Open Source and Open Standards”
Here’s a video of the talk I gave last week in Bern, Switzerland, at the OpenExpo conference. The noise from outside the speaking room room was pretty loud.
The Open Cloud Manifesto has been published
The very, very secret (not really) Open Cloud Manifesto is now published and available online.
Video on IBM and open clouds
Here’s a video from YouTube of IBM Researcher Jonathan Appavoo talking about IBM and open clouds:
When you choose your clouds, don’t make foggy choices
Whenever there is a major evolution in IT technology trends, the industry has a choice: do we go with proprietary data formats, protocols, and programming interfaces, or do we take a more open approach, allowing the provider with the best … Continue reading
ODF Alliance offers recommendations to Obama administration
Following on the heels of yesterday’s set of open standards recommendations to the Obama administration by the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, the Open Document Format Alliance has offered its own recommendations in the area of open standards … Continue reading
Information Society Project at Yale Law School offers standards recommendations to Obama
Laura DeNardis, Executive Director of the Yale Law School Information Society Project, announced today that the group had sent a set of recommendations for open standards to the new Obama administration. In the announcement, Laura said The administration’s technology policy … Continue reading
Posted in Politics / Government, Standards
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Some notes on cloud computing and standards
Last Tuesday I attended the pre-Cloud Connect meeting to talk about the state of standards and cloud computing. I wasn’t planning to do so, but I was tapped to give some overall remarks on standards and my past experiences. While … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud, Standards
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Obama memo: Transparency and Open Government
On January 21, US President Barack Obama published a memo called “Transparency and Open Government.” In it he makes many good points, but particularly note “Government should be transparent. Transparency promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their … Continue reading
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Where to go to join a standards group
I usually have several potential blog entries floating around in my head. On them is “Checklist for joining a standards organization.” Per one of my resolutions for 2009, I’m not going to promise that this will ever appear, but one … Continue reading
ODF Alliance 2008 annual report
In the waning days of 2008 the OpenDocument Alliance published their annual report regarding progress made on getting the standard adopted around the world. The 28 page document discusses development of the standard, worldwide adoption, positive changes toward open standards … Continue reading
Compatibility, interoperability, and interchangeability
I often find it amusing when people pull out a very significant sounding, obviously committee-written definition of “interoperability.” If I didn’t know better, I would have thought that the definition was written and then delivered on a stone tablet. Is … Continue reading
Everyone’s talking: standards reform
I’m a relative newbie when it comes to standards, only being involved for the last 12 or 13 years. I’ve never before seen the amount of attention that is being brought to the idea of standards reform by so many … Continue reading
Andy Updegrove’s “10 Standards Recommendations for the Obama Administration”
Andy Updegrove has published his “10 Standards Recommendations for the Obama Administration.” In my opinion, this is a timely must read for those concerned with both standards reform as well as a modern application of standards to IT policy. Comments … Continue reading
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OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon 2008) in Beijing
Next week Beijing will host the OpenOffice.org Annual International Conference (OOoCon). The event runs from November 5 through 7. I will not be attending, though several of my IBM colleagues will be there. I did go to the event two … Continue reading
