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- OOXML: Unofficially yes, formal announcement Wed.
- PCWorld reports that the ISO has been telling member countries that OOXML will be approved, official announcement to be distributed Wednesday. Of the 87 countries taking part, 61 approved the draft standard DIS29500, 10 disapproved and 16 abstained. There's more work for...
- Tags: Leader, ISO, Committee, MSFT-employed Bell, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Leadership, Quality, Business Operations, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- 'Scandal' over Norway's vote for OOXML
- We hear stories of "voting irregularities" around the world, not least of all right hear in the USA, but surely the ISO is different. No? The Register reports that delegates have been "complaining loudly about alleged heavy-handed tactics and misdeeds in the voting process" on Microsoft's OOXML standard. ...
- Tags: ISO, Norway, Committee, OOXML, Register, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- IT security failure causes UK Revenue & Customs (HMRC) chairman to resign
- Two weeks ago, I raised serious questions about IT governance in the UK at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). At that time, the agency lost a CD containing private information belonging to 15,000 people in the UK. Today, the agency acknowledged a far worse situation: two computer discs, containing 25...
- Tags: Revenue, IT Security, Agency, Information Technology, Tax, U.K., Committee, HMRC, Taxes, Free Trade, Security, Financial Planning, Finance, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-11-20
- Fighting SOA complexity with lots of committees
- As you may have heard, the OASIS group has responded to demands to simplify SOA by announcing the formation of six new committees intended to advance the Service Component Architecture family of specifications. It's tempting to launch in with with some lame committee jokes, such as "a...
- Tags: SOA, Committee, OASIS, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-09-08
- DHS gets failing grade in cybersecurity
- Enough said: The Department of Homeland Security received an F (Failing) grade in cybersecurity from the House Government Reform Committee for the third year in a row. The Committee will likely give the Fed a D+ overall for its cybersecurity efforts. The grades will be unveiled today during a...
- Tags: Committee
- Blog posts 2006-03-16
- How to Use the restrict Qualifier in C
- The C89 standards committee added two type qualifiers to C, const and volatile. The C99 committee added a third type qualifier with restrict. Individually, and in combination, these type qualifiers determine the assumptions a compiler makes when it accesses an object through an lvalue. The definition of an lvalue is...
- Tags: Compiler, C, Committee, C/C++, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2006-03-01
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- Free software great and small
- Free software great and smallFree software great and small[i]In brief, it's a kinder, gentler version of Linus Torvald's quote that Linux is headed for "world domination, fast". [/i]BWAHHAHAHAHAHA! I had to laugh at that quote.Blah blah blah, Are you linux users really that dillusional? We've been hearing about how...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Face it Linux, Linux, Free Software, LINUX IS
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
- IT politics killed White House email project
- Data archiving in the White House is a serious business mandated by the Presidential Records Act of 1978, which was passed following the Watergate scandal. The Act requires the White House to maintain an historical archive of its activities, policies, and decisions. Despite...
- Tags: Information Technology, White House, Act, E-mail, Online Communications, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- News to know: Sun; Microhoo; Vista; Linux security; Spigit
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Sun plans layoffs following weak quarter; Blames U.S. economy Nate McFeters: Multiple Linux flaws show that Linux also has kernel issues More bad news for McAfee, HackerSafe certification Steve Ballmer's defining hour Mary...
- Tags: Security, Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Linux, Virtualization, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- House committee passes 'gluttonous' Pro IP Act
- House committee passes 'gluttonous' Pro IP ActMega CapitalismThe snake eating its own tail. Or put another way, living off of itself.The reality though, is more like it survives from eating off the minions within reach. It's like a dragon in a cave full of jewels ....Do our brave adventurers (capitalist...
- Tags: Pro IP Act, gluttonou, House Committee
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- House committee passes 'gluttonous' Pro IP Act
- So, we have a credit crisis, a foreclosure crisis, a full-blown recession and no plans on how to get out of Iraq or how to create a regional solution. So what do we need? How about an intellectual property czar and stiffer penalties for unauthorized music downloading? ...
- Tags: Damage, CD, IP, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Expert praises, criticizes Atlantic v. Howell decision
- It's becoming clear that the Atlantic v. Howell decision is a major big deal in the RIAA lawsuit landscape, as the heavy hitters are starting to comment. William Patry just published a seven-volume treatise on copyright law, Patry on Copyright (yours for just over $1,500). He's also...
- Tags: Copyright Law, Judge, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Microsoft's competitor to Adobe LightRoom gets another champion
- Microsoft's competitor to Adobe LightRoom gets another championAdobe should show the non compete and sue M$!Stealing talent should not go unpunished!M$ must pay!RE: Microsoft's competitor to Adobe LightRoom gets another championWhile the basic facts are correct–Mark is leaving Adobe for MSFT to do User Experience work, that's about the extent...
- Tags: Document management, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., champion, imaging
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- Microsoft lands Democratic National Convention, ties Google in convention race
- Microsoft and Google duke it out on multiple fronts: Search, applications, the Web and now political conventions. Microsoft said Monday that it will be the official software and "HD Web content provider" for the 2008 Democratic National Convention. For those of you keeping score at home, Google announced...
- Tags: Software, Google Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Convention, Video, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Communications, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Genetic non-discrimination bill will finally become law
- The U.S. Senate voted 95-0 yesterday to approve the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. A similar bill passed the House last year and President Bush is expected to sign it. The vote caps a 13-year battle by Rep. Louise Slaughter, a New York Democrat, and...
- Tags: Bill, Republican, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Recruitment & Selection, Healthcare, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Workforce Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Microsoft's elephant in the OS room: Apple
- Microsoft's elephant in the OS room: AppleBut as Macs are growing faster than the market rateAnd every Mac means OS X rides shotgun. Admittedly I'm connecting a few dots here to be sure, but something is going on. It was stunning to me how much piracy was mentioned on that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Sales strategy, Operating systems, installed base number, OSX, operating system, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., hardware, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-04-25
- Silverlight to star in NBC's online Olympics coverage
- NBC is relying heavily on Microsoft's Silverlight to present its online Olympic coverage which will include about 2,200 hours of free on-demand video. Perkins Miller is counting down the days to the start of the Olympic Games in Beijing this year. NBC's senior vice president of...
- Tags: Olympic Games, NBC, Microsoft Silverlight, Miller, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Silverlight, Olympics, Microsoft, video, on-demand, Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia
- News items 2008-04-25
- EPA scientists face political pressure
- The Union of Concerned Scientists has documented widespread political interference at the Environmental Protection Agency. The group conducted a broad investigation that combined interviews, analysis of documents and 1,600 responses to a survey. The results of these investigations show an agency under siege from...
- Tags: Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Marketing Research, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- Microsoft Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test
- Microsoft Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance testYes Microsoft said this months agoThey have not yet changed Office to keep up with spec changes negotiated during the ISO standardization process. They have long ago made announcements regarding this and their plans for bringing it into compliance.I can't decide which was more...
- Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Microsoft Office, ISO, software, Microsoft Office 2007
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
- Open source SOA infrastructure project CXF elevated to full Apache status
- After community incubation and development for nearly two years, the Apache CXF open-source SOA and middleware interoperability framework evolved last week into a full project of the Apache Software Foundation. CXF, with some 60,000 downloads since July 2007, takes its place alongside 60 other Apache projects. The...
- Tags: Iona Technologies, Apache Software Foundation, CXF, Open Source, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-04-20
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