Monday December 12, 2005 Apachecon Slides
Just finished my opening talk for the shiny new Business Track at Apachecon here in San Diego. No-one threw anything, and people even asked for the slides so I've uploaded them here. I'll be down relaxing in the exhibit area during the afternoon if anyone wants to discuss them.
Posted by webmink
( Dec 12 2005, 11:54:20 AM PST )
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Reading between the lines
If you take the time to read the details of the newly-formed Ecma TC45, you'll be in no doubt what's going on, as David Berlind has seen. It includes this statement:
"Ecma International has created Technical Committee 45 (TC45) to produce a formal standard for office productivity applications that is fully compatible with the Office Open XML Formats, submitted by Microsoft."
That would have been fine up to the word "that" - but everything goes pear-shaped there. Ecma has decided, it its wisdom, not to "produce a formal standard for office productivity applications" - the constraint that follows negates the implied openness of the words. There's no reference to modification of the specifications to accommodate any other needs than Microsoft's. No reference to licensing requirements for open licensing. No call for participation by others. The intent seems clear.
Update: Seems it was clear to IBM too.
Posted by webmink
( Dec 12 2005, 09:31:11 AM PST )
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