Bob Sutor, VP of open source and standards at IBM, has advice for Linux developers - do not copy Windows. True, I fully agree with him, Linux can be better than Windows only by being different. However, it is a tricky situation for people who want to lead people to migrate to Linux. [Continue]
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ifacethoughtsOpen Source And Its Halo
The open source ideology seems to be getting posed against intentional business models a lot. Or rather that open source is losing its halo (discussed on Slashdot). Eric Lai refers to various opinions which indicate that companies like IBM and HP are using open source to hit the competition under the belt. [Continue]
Open XML v/s ODF Or Microsoft v/s IBM
Apparently Microsoft has issued an open letter which blames IBM for opposing Open XML as a standard. For the uninitiated, OpenDocument Format (ODF) was led by the OpenOffice project which has considerable contributions from IBM and Open XML comes out of Office 2007 by Microsoft. I am learning lessons about how easily can we lose focus and corrupt discussions. [Continue]
IBM Jazzing Development Tools
IBM is working towards building programming tools for geographically distributed teams through an open source project called Jazz. I wonder if this is a part of the Collaborative Development Environment work that IBM is doing. Distributed teams have increased, not only because of outsourcing, but because Internet has made it possible to stay coordinated. [Continue]
Double Standards!
Open XML is now a ECMA standard. At the General Assembly meeting on 7 December 2006, Ecma International approved Office Open XML as an Ecma standard (Ecma 376). The General Assembly also approved submitting the standard for adoption under the ISO/IEC JTC 1 process. [Continue]
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