Posts for June, 2008

Jun 25, 2008

BBC Removing Microformats

BBC is doing away with microformats. Michael Smethurst explains the reasons, and at the root of all of them is the inaccessibility because of the abbr design pattern. BBC is going to try out RDFa as an alternative. [Continue]

Jun 24, 2008

Nokia Takes Symbian In The Open Source World

While the many Linux groups are trying to push the mobile market, Nokia has taken Symbian OS open source (via Matt Assay), under the Eclipse License. The Symbian Foundation will push Symbian as the most proven, open and complete mobile software platform. This is big news, from multiple aspects. [Continue]

Jun 21, 2008

ODF Has Won, Says Microsoft

That is what we can conclude from Stuart McKee’s statement. It sure sounds nice! Unfortunately, it does hardly anything for the divide created because of ODF and OOXML. [Continue]

Jun 20, 2008

Free Java Now Available

The hype around open sourcing of Java has mostly died down after the announcement. Not many have followed it up. Red Hat had started the IcedTea project to remove the last obstacle in freeing Java. [Continue]

Jun 14, 2008

On Desktops

I said earlier that I did not like the direction in which KDE 4.0 was going in. But the underlying cause can be perhaps found in Havoc Pennington’s post. GNOME 2.0 and KDE 4 are bad models for change. [Continue]

Jun 10, 2008

Web Is A Lot Less About Programming

The first Web page, courtesy Andrew Wulf, is a good reminder of what the Web is really about. It is still about information and access to the information. It is about: Cool URIs Why REST Accessibility Web standards Semantic Web In this Web 2.0 era where choice of frameworks and programming languages can make or break a Web application, this is a good reminder of what Web is about. [Continue]

Jun 7, 2008

Trying Out XFCE

I have been a KDE loyal for quite some years now. I had first taken to it on Solaris, and since then nothing else has worked for me. However, now I am trying out XFCE for some reasons. [Continue]

Jun 1, 2008

OOXML, It Ain’t Over Yet

OOXML is now an official standard, which means it has been accepted by the standards organization. However, at least 3 of its members still disagree. Brazil, India and South Africa have registered their complaints and protest the OOXML’s recognition as an international standard. [Continue]

Posts for June, 2008

BBC Removing Microformats

Nokia Takes Symbian In The Open Source World

ODF Has Won, Says Microsoft

Free Java Now Available

On Desktops

Web Is A Lot Less About Programming

Trying Out XFCE

OOXML, It Ain’t Over Yet

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