Donnerstag April 14, 2005
"Pssst... Free Linux! Only $799!"
You might find this article interesting!
( Apr 14 2005, 08:06:32 PM CEST )
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Book: "XForms Essentials"
An online version of the book can be found here. It seems to be a very useful resource!
( Apr 14 2005, 05:14:27 PM CEST )
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"Using XForms in Office Applications"
I found this abstract/article quite interesting and useful.
( Apr 14 2005, 04:56:30 PM CEST )
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"Part III: When will Gates be Open ?"
I just came across this interesting article:
"But by merely promoting an open standard, and committing to it remaining free "perpetually", is not going to generate revenue for Microsoft. Even most (if not all) users of OpenOffice, whether on Windows or non-Windows operating platforms, still save all of their files in Microsoft Office formats. How will this result in greater sales of MS Office, or in stanching the rise of OpenOffice?
Perhaps it's the exact reverse - Microsoft has estimated that OpenOffice is not an immediate threat to its market, so opening up the standard will make no difference to its revenue through increased adoption of OpenOffice. Besides, opening up the standard also earns Microsoft goodwill from corporate America and state governments; it also earns it brownie points in its battle with the Open Source community and their backers, chiefly IBM, Novell and Sun. Finally, such a move also strengthens its claim of promoting open standards.
Whatever the impact of this move on the players invoved, in the end, the customer always stands to gain - either from an improved OpenOffice, or simply better file formats based on feedback from the technological community."
Microsoft is "opening up the standard"? What standard? What independent organization has defined the standard? If Microsoft really wants to be open, why don't they support the OASIS OpenDocument XML file format which is now backed by multiple companies and organizations including Sun and IBM? Read my earlier blog entry for more details and background information.
( Apr 14 2005, 04:48:09 PM CEST )
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OpenOffice.org is "as compatible as we need"
"Neill likes the idea of carrying the open source theme throughout the company, but proprietary software still holds a strong position at Organic Valley, in the form of Windows desktops, SQL Server databases, and Exchange servers. Is that going to change? "I continue to watch everything that's going on," he says. "We have pushed out, in a few cases, OpenOffice.org instead of Microsoft Office, and it's as compatible as we need for most users on the desktop.
"I have been incredibly impressed by the advance of the open source world, and I firmly believe we are not far away from seeing Linux desktops that do everything most users need to be able to do," Neill says."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 14 2005, 04:42:19 PM CEST )
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"IBM hiring Firefox programmers"
"In the newest indication that Firefox has become mainstream, IBM is trying to hire programmers to adapt the open-source Web browser to work well with Big Blue's server software."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 14 2005, 05:38:14 AM CEST )
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"Firefox site visitors are 71% male"
"Men accounted for 71% or nearly 1.9 mln site visitors, compared to the women who comprised of 29% or the minority population who visited in March 2005."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 14 2005, 05:33:46 AM CEST )
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