News Update
There have been a number of interactions with the press in the past couple of months. An email exchange with Keith Ryan, Managing Editor at Caspian Publishing in London resulted in a story called Beyond Blue Skies. A podcast by by John Furrier was called Time-Machine 1995 and appeared in “Always-On“. Finally, Worthwhile Magazine ran […]
Open Documents — Part 2
There are some questions people have asked me about the OpenDocument Format . The first question is what is the consumer benefit of ODF, in other words why should you care? Nice that the automotive and aircraft industries can benefit but does it mean to the average consumer? The one-word answer is compatibility. How many […]
Route 7 Benchmarks
U.S. Route 7 reaches 309 miles from Highgate Springs, Vermont to Norwalk, Connecticut. Parts of Route 7 are quite scenic but much of the highway is used heavily by commuters. I am not sure how many of the nation’s 736,425 benchmarks are along the entire route but by doing some research using the Geocaching Swiss […]
Open Documents
The debate about the OpenDocument format is just beginning. Massachusetts put a stake in the ground with their decision to adopt ODF for all employees in the Commonwealth and for anyone doing business with them. This may go down in history as a bold and important move. But Microsoft, which opposes ODF, will not give […]
IBM Happenings: September 2005
The month of September was really busy for IBM, with a slew of announcements in hardware, software, services and corporate initiatives. The announcements made by the company during the month are listed below and the complete index of IBM Happenings (by year and month) is here. List of Announcements for September 2005 New software provides […]