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Venezuela - and possibly Denmark - file appeals of OOXML

Venezuela - and possibly Denmark - file appeals of OOXMLSo let me get this straight....... during an investigation of irregularities in the vote they are allowing an appeal after the dealine. Priceless!Glad to see it.When a company can't even implement their own creation that speaks for itself.No surprise on...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), ISO standards, Process improvement, Venezuelan Government, ISO, Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, irregularity

Discussion threads 2008-06-02

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1 million Classmates headed to Venezuela

Portugal recently announced it's intention to purchase and deploy half a million Classmate PCs to students in the country. Intel developed the Classmate as a reference design in the hopes that local OEMs would customize it and then handle production and distribution. In the latest success for this...

Tags: Venezuela, OEM, Intel Corp., Government, Linux, Vertical Industries, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Alternative energy? BIG investment, as we've been predicting. Teensy compared to Big Oil

Four major components of the alternative energy industry are expanding rapidly. They continue to garner ever more investment. A new market study shows major year-to-year investment growth for biofuels, wind power, solar photovoltaics, and fuel cells. A study by Clean Edge shows the sector's investment cachet and...

Tags: Oil Company, Asset, Alternative Energy, Oil, Exxon Mobil Corp., Investment, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-03-21

"Alternative energy" gets a boost from oil country

Venezuela seems determined to make America's alternative energy companies into successful greentech ventures. Today the Venezuelan national oil company "stopped all sales" to Exxon. This is just the latest salvo in the Exxon v. Venezuela heavyweight match. It began when Venezuela's government took control of all oil plants...

Tags: Venezuela, Alternative Energy, Exxon Mobil Corp., Venezueal, Sales Strategy, Asset Management, Sales, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-02-12

Cubans go to unusual lengths to post blogs

Cubans go to unusual lengths to post blogsFree Cuba, drop laptops with air cards!Free Cuba, drop laptops with air cards! Let the Cuban people see what has passed them by, revolution via the Internet!spreading democracyProbably the single most significant action the free world could take to bring democratic reform to...

Tags: INTERNET, Blogging, Government, Free Cuba, CUBANS, unusual length, blog

Discussion threads 2007-10-10

Japanese schools may convert aging computers to Linux

Japanese schools may convert aging computers to LinuxIn Venezuela, are violators of a Presidential decree...... liable for arrest and fines or imprisonment? That's the single most compelling argument in favor of Linux use that I've encountered. Shows that persuasion would be expected to fail.Linux: it's better than...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, computer, Linux, government, Microsoft Corp., Chavez

Discussion threads 2007-04-30

18seconds.org: Yahoo's green CFL mashup

18seconds.org: Yahoo's green CFL mashup18seconds.orgDid you know that the Venezuelan Government is installing millions of CFL lightbulbs for FREE in low income houses, more than 25 miilion so far? I don't know if they are Energy Star bulbs. What is the difference?The saving is even higher if one...

Tags: CFL mashup, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-02-22

Venezuelan firm to sell off e-voting company

Smartmatic Corp., a Venezualan company, has agreed to sell Sequoia Voting Systems, the third-largest e-voting manufacturer in the US, The Washington Post reports. Smartmatic bought the company from a British concern last year and the the company had been the subject of a federal investigation into its ties with Venezuelas...

Tags: Smartmatic Corp.

Blog posts 2006-12-25

U.S. video game angers Chavez allies

U.S. video game angers Chavez alliescheap effecient and availablerenewable energy will save the world.hysteria"Venezuelan lawmakers who back Chavez called it the latest example of a U.S. government-inspired propaganda campaign against Chavez that could even help lay the psychological groundwork for an actual invasion. "How many people here believe that the...

Tags: Games, Government, Corporate communications, Chavez, game, video game, video

Discussion threads 2006-05-26

Chavez beefs up commitment to open source for Venezuela

At the Latin America Free Software Installation Fair, held recently in Caracas, the word was all about "technology independence," AP reports. The Venezuelan technology ministry said the fair is part Venezuela's move toward "technological sovereignty, and taking advantage of knowledge for building national scientific independence." Chavez, a...

Tags: Chavez, Chavez Says, Venezuelan

Blog posts 2006-03-30

HP to sell Linux PCs across Latin America

HP to sell Linux PCs across Latin AmericaThe perfect solution would have beento dual boot Mandriva and Windows Starter Edition, so the end user could have a fully functional system on one end, and a taste of the Windows world on the other. However, if that solution turned to be...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Brazilian federal government, operating system, Linux PC, PIRATED COPIES, Microsoft Windows, Linux, PC, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2006-01-18

Hurricane victims tell it best

Hurricane victims tell it bestMy heart sunk ...... when I was reading the posting, and I'm helping monetary as much as I could. Yet at the same time I couldn't help notice that the level of compassion around the world pales in comparison to the days after 9-11. Have we...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Leadership, neocon, swamp, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Discussion threads 2005-09-01