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OOXML vs. ODF: Lessons learned: The votes have been tallied but it's still not 100 percent certain that Microsoft's Office Open XML OOXML document-format is going to become an ISO standard. (Supposedly, the vote is still too close to call and neither ISO nor Microsoft is yet discussing the final results. But...; Tags: Microsoft Office, ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OOXML, Government Contract, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Iso standards, Process Improvement, Emerging Technologies, Quality, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-03-31
Go west, tech job hunter: Go west, tech job hunterOpen Positions Because Nobody Wants ThemWith the cost of living being what it is in the aforementioned areas of the country it's no surprise these jobs are open. For what they pay, no one can afford to come in and take them. Until salaries...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, cost-of-living, job, Go West, government contract; Discussion threads 2004-10-14
Linux e-mail company wins government contracts: Linux e-mail company wins government contractsLinux e-mail company wins government contractsTwo small towns use Linsux software and this is news?? Must be a slow news day, the guys at the office are down from the rain. I like how the news brief fails to mention how productivity will...; Tags: UNIX, Tools & Techniques, Linux e-mail company, Linsux, government contract, e-mail company, Linux, software; Discussion threads 2004-06-04

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Universal coverage changes the debate: Once you start following countries with universal health care, it's clear that problems remain but the terms of debate shifts. Take Canada, for instance. (Please?) Questions of how much money is spent on drugs cease being academic. Government can freely decide what people can...; Tags: Health Care, Canada, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Open Source in 2013: <satire> <source> Thank you. (Picture from Fox, America's only network. My picture at the top of this blog is expected to look much like this one in 2013, if I shave and get the combover right.) The hectic but repetitive routine of business and journalism often seems...; Tags: Job, America, World Entertainment Shortage, Recruitment & Selection, Open Source, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-16

News to know: XP meets XO; Yahoo; Facebook; Verdiem; DIY phishing: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO. Christopher Dawson: Sugar-free Windows, as predicted Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack Larry Dignan: Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?...; Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Privacy, TechMeme, Icahn, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Sugar-free Windows, as predicted: As Ivan Krstić predicted in his May 13th blog post (see "Intense and really thoughtful ranting from the OLPC front"), the OLPC XO will start shipping with Windows XP, minus the Sugar interface and open source tools that allow full implementation of the XO hardware (e.g., mesh networking). ...; Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Verizon wins Homeland Security contract: Verizon picked up a huge contract from the Department of Homeland Security: a $670 million deal to provide IP and security services over 10 years, Reuters reports. Verizon was the primary winner of the 10-year, $20 billion contract to provide a full range of telecommunications and related...; Tags: Network, Verizon Communications Inc., Networking, Homeland Security, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Government, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Medical companies celebrate death of patent reform: Medical device makers and drug companies are celebrating the apparent death of the 2008 Patent Reform Act. (For the other side of this debate, visit my open source blog.) Why were AdvaMed, PHRMA, and the rest of the industry so dead-against an end to...; Tags: Patent, Industry, Patent Approval, Drugs, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Patent reform dead for 2008: The death of the Patent Reform Act in the Senate spells hard times for open source. That's because one of the act's main aims was to end "forum shopping," the practice of filing lawsuits in, say, the Eastern District of Texas, which never saw a patent plaintiff...; Tags: Patent, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-15
A stick and personal care for those who can afford it: Lorne Stitsky has a dream. It's the comfortable life internists enjoyed generations ago. A small number of patients, whom he can know intimately and who will depend on him as families did way back when. You can almost hear Randy Newman's Dayton Ohio 1903 playing in the...; Tags: Patient, Dr., Lorne Stitsky, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Commercialising the Semantic Web: Following an earlier post on this blog, last month I found myself moderating a panel in the final session of one of the tracks at this year's World Wide Web Conference in Beijing. As I commented via Twitter at the end of the session, "Great...; Tags: Garlik, Semantic Web, Internet, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Britain releases its X-Files: The truth may be out there, but so far it's not in the government files. The British government posted the first batch of its X-Files to a website today in a project that will eventually see the Ministry of Defence turn over to the National Archives 160 files on UFO...; Tags: Officer, Britain, Alien, Missile, UFO, Government, Vertical Industries, Aerospace & Defense, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Hardware, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Photos: Where the building is the network: The San Jose, Calif., headquarters of Echelon, maker of technologies for smart buildings, model the company's energy management systems.Behind the scenes of "smart" buildings, including the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Sears Tower in Chicago, lies technology from Echelon. The company doesn''t call its embedded control technologies "green,"...; Tags: Network, Echelon, Photograph, Building, It', Echelon', That', Networking, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-05-14
Polar Bear Threatened, says U.S. Global warming acknowledged in public.: Polar Bear Threatened, says U.S. Global warming acknowledged in public.Theory vs. enumerationSo, the gov't says Polar Bears are threatened because sea ice will disappear. That's a theoretical prediction.However, actual enumeration of polar bear populations shows their numbers increasing.Perhaps Polar Bears actually do better when there's less ice making it difficult...; Tags: polar bear population, bear population, polar bear, bear, U.S. Global warming, Polar Bear; Discussion threads 2008-05-14
Putting Workday on SAP's radar: Now that SAP's SaaS project Business ByDesign has gone on the back burner, I've been wondering how I'm going to pass the time next week at SAPPHIRE Berlin. One thing I'll be asking the enterprise software giant is how it feels about losing out to SaaS startup Workday for a...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, SAP AG, Radar, Workday, Flextronics International Ltd., Software As A Service (SaaS), Human Capital, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Polar Bear Threatened, says U.S. Global warming acknowledged in public.: The U.S. Department of Interior has just listed the polar bear as a "threatened" species, that is legally and technically different than being listed as "endangered." The Feds based their announcement on studies by government scientists. Global warming is reducing Arctic sea ice off...; Tags: Bear, Global Warming, Bloomberg News, Wetzler, Kivalina, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Google losing cellphone battle?: Google losing cellphone battle?Well, the idea is that CUSTOMERS will choose their phone, just like theychoose their PC. Dell does not need to do deals with internet service providers for instance. But, YES, right now, the carriers are the ones that select the phones that you can use with their...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Tea Vui Huang, Google Inc., phone, LiMo Foundation, Linux, carrier, cell phone; Discussion threads 2008-05-14
AT: ATHyperboleWell, you and I wouldn't buy one with a new release imminent, but that doesn't mean it's still not a valuable commodity. Hence, the insane demand.I posted a Craigslist ad for an 8GB iPhone and received 11 responses within 90 minutes of posting. Sold in less than 24...; Tags: refurb, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone; Discussion threads 2008-05-14
Frequent open source miles: Frequent open source milesThe gov. should pay for FOSS!Since FOSS is like a free utility for everyone, like a library where membership is free, the government should pick up the tab and pay the developers and companies that develop GPLed software.We doDon't overlook the fact that "open source" is publishing....; Tags: Vertical industries, F/OSS, open source mile, government, open source, software; Discussion threads 2008-05-14