Tag Archives: India

India also files appeal on OOXML to ISO and IEC

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Bob Sutor

Thanks to Russell in a comment to my previous blog entry. PCWorld is reporting that in addition to South Africa, both Brazil and India are appealing the OOXML decision to ISO and IEC. Somehow after this last week’s news regarding … Continue reading →

Posted in Document Formats, Standards | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

links for 2008-02-29

Posted on February 29, 2008 by Bob Sutor

OOXML Around the World Using NGOs to Push Agendas “Microsoft has “persuaded” several non-profit organizations to bombard the Indian IT Secretary and the Additional Director General of the Bureau of Indian Standards with letters supporting its OOXML proposal.” (tags: microsoft … Continue reading →

Posted in Document Formats, News, Virtual Worlds | Tagged , , | 6 Comments

links for 2007-10-29

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Bob Sutor

1,730 guitarists pay ode to Dylan-India-The Times of India “So you can imagine what happens when 1,730 guitarists jam on a single stage. Strumming Bob Dylan’s epic ‘Knocking on Heaven’s Door’, these guitarists gathered in a Shillong stadium to knock … Continue reading →

Posted in Bob Dylan, Music, News, Sports | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

links for 2007-06-26

Posted on June 26, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Artificial Intelligence Technology Review: Artificial Intelligence Is Lost in the Woods “I believe it is hugely unlikely, though not impossible, that a conscious mind will ever be built out of software.” (tags: ai software) Google and Microsoft Judge rejects Google’s … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Open Source, Web 2.0 | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

links for 2007-05-05

Posted on May 5, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Open Source Zimbra to offer Ubuntu Linux support | Tech News on ZDNet “Spurred by customer demand, Zimbra has completed a version of its open-source calendar and e-mail server software for Canonical’s Ubuntu version of Linux.” (tags: zimbra opensource ubuntu … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Open Source | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

links for 2007-03-29

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Open Source SDA India – Choice: The Key Differentiator of Open Source “It was an eye opener, and in my opinion, quite damning to Microsoft. Are they really trying to push through their software, in the form of the inseparable … Continue reading →

Posted in Document Formats, News, Open Source, Politics / Government, Virtual Worlds | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

A view on OOXML and the standards process in India

Posted on February 14, 2007 by Bob Sutor

Venkatesh Hariharan from Red Hat in India just put up a blog entry that talks about some of what went on in India prior to its submission of comments during the Contradiction Period for the JTC1 Fast Track process. Read … Continue reading →

Posted in Document Formats, Standards | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

India is jumping out in front with open source again

Posted on January 5, 2007 by Bob Sutor

There’s news from Tamil Nadu in India that they are moving in a very big way from Microsoft to open source solutions: Chennai, Dec. 31: The Tamil Nadu government, which is on a fast-track pushing the state to the top … Continue reading →

Posted in Open Source | Tagged , | 3 Comments

Brazil goes with OpenDocument Format (ODF)

Posted on November 28, 2006 by Bob Sutor

The ODF Alliance just issued a press release praising the recent news out of Brazil: With the publication of version of its 2.0 e-Ping Interoperability Framework*, Brazil becomes the first country in South America to officially recommend ODF. The framework … Continue reading →

Posted in Document Formats, Standards | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

IBM’s newest blogger

Posted on November 22, 2006 by Bob Sutor

Bharath Duggirala is IBM’s newest blogger over at developerWorks. He’s a young technologist working on support for WebSphere Community Edition/Geronimo over in India. He’s just put up his first entry externally after having an internal blog for quite a while. … Continue reading →

Posted in Open Source | Tagged , , | Comments Off

links for 2006-08-29

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Bob Sutor

Kerala logs Microsoft out “Children in 12,500 high schools in the state, India’s most literate, will not be taught Windows. Instead, instructors are lining up Linux for them.” (tags: education linux opensource microsoft) Computer Science Majors Get Tools To Build … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, News, Open Source | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

links for 2006-08-27

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Bob Sutor

Owning The Future – Govt Criticised At Open Source Convention | ContentSutra “The convention saw participation from important players from both India and abroad, and sometimes went beyond the digital domain, into the realm of a collective commons.” (tags: opensource … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Open Source | Tagged | Comments Off

links for 2006-08-21

Posted on August 21, 2006 by Bob Sutor

Open Source Free software’s secret weapon: FOOGL | Linux Journal | Glyn Moody “This might be called the FOOGL � Firefox/OpenOffice/GNU/Linux – approach.” (tags: linux openoffice odf) India: EC votes for Open Source “With Stallman, a passionate evangelist of the … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Open Source | Tagged , | Comments Off

links for 2006-06-24

Posted on June 24, 2006 by Bob Sutor

ODF / Open Standards BetaNews | OpenDoc Gains Ground in Belgium, India “OpenDocument made additional strides in establishing itself this week, as the Belgian government certified the OASIS format as the only acceptable standard for internal documents. In addition, OpenDocument … Continue reading →

Posted in Document Formats, News, Open Source | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

ODF in India

Posted on June 23, 2006 by Bob Sutor

There was a seminar that took place in India today about the importance of OpenDocument Format for governments. Details are in this article: “23 Jun: National Seminar On Open Document Format.” Here is an excerpt: Friday, June 23, 2006: New … Continue reading →

Posted in Document Formats | Tagged , | Comments Off

Article: IBM announces $6B investment in India

Posted on June 6, 2006 by Bob Sutor

See the InfoWorld article. Here is an excerpt: As part of the investment, IBM is setting up in India the first in a new breed of IBM service delivery centers that deploy processes and technologies to automate IT services delivery, … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged | Comments Off

links for 2006-05-22

Posted on May 22, 2006 by Bob Sutor

Open Source Open source needs more competition Matt Asay’s comments. (tags: opensource) Mellon Foundation invites nominations for open source awards “The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is seeking nominations for a new set of awards to recognize individuals and organizations contributing … Continue reading →

Posted in Document Formats, Music, News, Software | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

National Innovation Summit, New Delhi

Posted on March 15, 2006 by Bob Sutor

I’ll be speaking tomorrow, Thursday, 16 March, at the National Innovation Summit in New Delhi, India. My talk is in the afternoon and is called “The Role of Standards in Innovation.” If you are attending, please stop by and say … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged , | Comments Off

TiE

Posted on March 15, 2006 by Bob Sutor

I’m in India on business this week and last night I gave a talk in Bangalore about Open Source and Open Standards as they relate to entrepreneurs. The talk was sponsored by the The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE). I encourage you … Continue reading →

Posted in Open Source, Standards | Tagged | Comments Off

Talks in India Next Week

Posted on November 29, 2005 by Bob Sutor

Next week I’ll be in India having meetings and giving some talks. Here are some of the public events at which I’ll be speaking. Please stop by and say hello if you are attending. Tuesday, December 6, 10 AM. Keynote … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged , | Comments Off