Tag Archives: open standards

Why I wish I could reject your email attachment

Posted on 31 March, 2010 by Stef

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today launched a campaign calling on all computer users to start politely rejecting email attachments sent in secret and proprietary formats: for freedom and the good of the web!  I believe that open standards are … Continue reading →

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Skype open source. Not!

Posted on 2 November, 2009 by Stef

Skype open source? Reading the full announcement on Skype blog: [...]Having an open source UI will help us [...] So, it’s not Skype being open sourced, but it’s only the UI. The full sentence should be: Having an open source … Continue reading →

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The cost of monopoly in the cloud

Posted on 10 July, 2009 by Stef

Reading of the latest cyber attacks against South Korea and USA digital systems, I remembered a rather old post from Gen Kanai @Mozilla, the cost of a monoculture. It’s about monopoly, government decisions and security in the cloud. [South Korea] … Continue reading →

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Google plans to own you. More.

Posted on 9 July, 2009 by Stef

Finally Google revealed its plans to enter the operating system market. The first thing that comes to mind are chairs flying in Microsoft offices The other thing comes from this statement: “All Web-based applications will automatically work and new applications … Continue reading →

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I want my health data with me

Posted on 2 April, 2009 by Stef

The debate on health records data is starting also in US with the new federal government plan to spend $19 billion to spur the use of computerized patient records. In Milan, where I live, the regional health system requires me … Continue reading →

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Liberating the cloud one block at the time

Posted on 27 February, 2009 by Stef

The issue is how to bring the values of free software community to the cloud. According to reports from Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE), Bradley Kuhn‘s speech has addressed the issue.’  I hope he will include it in the next … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3.1 beta 1 adds support for OGG formats

Posted on 16 October, 2008 by Stef

Big boost to the PlayOGG campaign coming from Firefox: This is the first beta from Mozilla to include support for <video> and the <audio> elements. This beta includes support for the OGG Theora and OGG Vorbis formats on all platforms. … Continue reading →

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OOXML: free software is back to square one

Posted on 3 April, 2008 by Stef

We’re back to square one, 1 ISO standard on each side of the barricade since Microsoft managed to convince the ISO that its proprietary standard, OOXML’  deserves the approved stamp. For all the money Google and IBM have thrown trying … Continue reading →

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Final stages of the office documents standards war

Posted on 31 March, 2008 by Stef

If you close your eyes and stay in silence for a few minutes you will hear the echo of the fight engaged by Microsoft against Google and IBM (with many more smaller allies) to dominate the future of office documents. … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Document Freedom Day 2008

Posted on 26 March, 2008 by Stef

A group of free software organizations and companies declared today the Document Freedom Day, a day dedicated to the promotion of Free Document Formats and Open Standards in general. Data lock-in is a very serious issue for knowledge based economy … Continue reading →

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