Tag Archives: open standard

How To Read Open Document Format ODF documents on Symbian

Posted on 27 April, 2010 by Stef

My previous post on the topic generated quite a discussion about Open Document Format (aka ISO 26300) documents on mobile platforms. My argument was that ODF support on most mobile platforms is still poor compared to the proprietary counterparts. From … Continue reading →

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Mobile Cloud Computing, Part II: Where do We go From Here?

Posted on 17 July, 2009 by Stef

Mobile cloud is going to be big, according to a study published by ABI research. And they’re not the only ones to say so. In this second part of my thoughts about mobile cloud — which I hope we can … Continue reading →

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Two days to comment on TLS-authz standard to IETF

Posted on 9 February, 2009 by Stef

Patent encumbered standards are the worst because they seem legit, but instead they can easily become incompatible with Free/Libre Open Source Software.’  Free Software Foundation campaign is alerting the community to act fast: Last January, the Free Software Foundation issued … Continue reading →

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Architecture, Politics, Internet and Open Standards

Posted on 21 January, 2009 by Stef

I still have Obama’s inauguration’s speech in my mind, so full of passion and hope. It’s such a powerful word, hope.’  What most impressed me was his call to politicians to stop bickering and get to work to reform politics.’  … Continue reading →

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Cross-platform and interoperability is the key

Posted on 11 September, 2008 by Stef

When it comes to connecting people, the first thing you need to do is use the same language.’  That doesn’t mean force everybody to use your language, because that’s what dictators do (and dictators are wiped out by history). To … Continue reading →

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Openness is a value

Posted on 6 February, 2008 by Stef

Doc Searls asks on LJ: What if Yahoo’s main value isn’t its search engine or its advertising business, but the openness that makes it more Net-native and hacker-friendly than Microsoft? Right… what if? I don’t think that today’s Microsoft understand … Continue reading →

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Nokia contro il W3C, scontro sui brevetti software

Posted on 11 December, 2007 by Stef

Ho l’impressione che Stephan Wenger di Nokia voglia dare una spallata al WorldWideWeb Consortium (W3C) impegnato nella definizione del prossimo standard HTML5. Teniamo a mente che tra tutti gli enti di standardizzazione, W3C è l’unico a prevedere in una policy … Continue reading →

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