ODF Archive
9 Mar 2009
Latvia and UK Endorse ODF
[From SolidOffice] According to the latest ODF Alliance Newsletter, the UK and Latvia have made moves in support of OpenDocument Format (ODF). The CIO’s office in the UK has created a new page called Open Source, Open
6 Feb 2009
OpenOffice.org 3 Writer Guide
By italovignoli On 6 February 2009 In ODF
The manual, edited by OOoAuthors, it’s available at Lulu. It’s over 500 pages, and costs only 20 bucks.
23 Jan 2009
BlackBerry to Support OpenDocument Format
By italovignoli On 23 January 2009 In ODF
I don’t like the BlackBerry, but I’m happy to know that the device will support ODF starting from the second quarter of 2009. [Click to read the entire story: BlackBerry to Support OpenDocument Format – ComputerworldUK]
24 Nov 2008
About Beijing, OOo, ODF and interoperability
By italovignoli On 24 November 2008 In ODF
Unfortunately, I haven’t had enough time to elucubrate about what I’ve seen and heard in Beijing. Therefore, this is going to be a random collection of thoughts. Maybe, in the future I will have the time to
22 Oct 2008
Venezuela adopts ODF as National Standard
Speaking at the Second ODF Workshop in Pretoria, South Africa, Carlos Gonzalez of the National Center of Information Technologies, announced that the Venezuelan government had formally adopted ODF as a standard for the “processing, exchange and storage
18 Apr 2008
Microsoft and the open source community
Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect, while speaking today at the annual conference of the company Most Valuable Professional, has given some perspective about the relationship between Microsoft and open source, as reported by Todd Bishop. What
24 Mar 2008
Standards and communications
By italovignoli On 24 March 2008 In ODF
I have tried to follow the discussion about the standardization of the Microsoft Office Open XML document format, or ECMA-376:2006 or ISO/IEC DIS 29500. The fast track process is in the final stage, with the national bodies
15 Mar 2008
OpenOffice.org 3.0 goes to LGPLv3
The change has been announced last week, but I think it’s important to read Simon Phipp’s comments on its relevance. This quote sums it up: OpenOffice.org’s license will change to LGPLv3 as part of a broader set
5 Mar 2008
A remarkable post about the BRM
By italovignoli On 5 March 2008 In ODF
Antonis Christofides, one of the Greek delegates, has written an extensive and remarkable post about the BRM. He clarifies many of the points that were left in the dark by most of the other delegates that have
3 Mar 2008
I’m confused, and I’m not alone
By italovignoli On 3 March 2008 In ODF
Matthew Aslett of The 451 Group comments about the Geneva BRM. He is probably confused as much as I am, but he reports a number of opinions (including those that I’ve mentioned in my previous post). I