Melvin Koh's Weblog
I'm just a contractor
I'm just a contractor
Tuesday November 28, 2006
Interoperability - Open Standards
This morning I had my breakfast at macdonald. The macs in spore offers free wifi access, so I connected my Nokia E61 PDA phone to the free wireless network and read my mail as i sipped my coffee. A mail contain a link to a podcast, so I downloaded it to my phone. Then after breakfast, on my way in the MRT train to my office, i listened to the podcast i downloaded earlier and watched the mp4 video of an interview of andy bectolshiem, which I downloaded yesterday. After I reached office, I was able to sync my phone with my laptop thru bluetooth.
Its amazing how technology has improved over the years, but all these mean little if they cannot interoperate. Now I'm a strong advocate of open standards and software, which is why i was a little annoyed that, after typing this entry on my phone, i realized that it only suport msword format. Guess there's still some way to go before reaching full interoperability...
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