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Tag Archives: Microsoft
So Microsoft is buying Skype …
Yesterday (10 May 2011), news broke that Microsoft is paying $8.5B for Skype (or roughly £5.2B in English). Skype is a rather good, if proprietary, telephony/conferencing app that is multi-platform. It currently works on Windows, of course, but also on … Continue reading
Miguel de Icaza – more foolishness?
A, sadly, unsurprising interview that I read at derStandard.at, but alerted from the Boycott Novell blog. de Icaza has been lampooned in the past for his unpopular views on Microsoft, .net, and C#, but this interview really takes the biscuit. … Continue reading
The myth of multiple “competing” standards
A cracking post from Rob Weir about the myth that having multiple document standards is ‘good’ for the consumer and that the market should be left to decide. I particularly like this bit: How many spreadsheet formats does Microsoft use … Continue reading
Microsoft OOXML- why is it so wrong?
OOXML; Office Open XML. Even the name is false as it clearly isn’t ‘open’ in the sense of non-discriminatory, particularly against GPLed implementations. It’s not at all clear whether a GPL implementation of OOXML can be done. Then there’s the … Continue reading
OOXML is a failure as a “standard”
It goes without saying that I’m staggered, and appalled, at the recent events with the OOXML standardisation process. Others, more informed than me, have written extensively on the subject at sites such as Growlaw, <NO>OOXML, Open Malaysia, Bob Sutor, Rob … Continue reading
The madness of SMC
Well I’ve a little bit less hair today due to an ancient SMC 7301TA ISDN router. It seemed like it was going to be a simple job. Configure an ISDN router to DUN1 into a remote system for maintenance. How … Continue reading