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+       <entry>
+               <title type="html">Notes, Links, 2009-02-2</title>
+               <link 
href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2009/02/notes-links-2009-02-2.html"/>
+               
<id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-1640464200079194301</id>
+               <updated>2009-02-27T00:58:39+00:00</updated>
+               <content type="html">The &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://www.cio.gov.uk/transformational_government/open_source/action.asp&quot;&gt;action&lt;/a&gt;
 by the UK to promote open source published 24 February is of course terrific 
news and should be hailed as such. I hope it will, along with similar other 
European acts, stimulate the North American governments to also promote open 
source, open standards, and thus directly and indirectly innovation and 
economic growth here. Certainly, we need it. Note--the policy directive issued 
by the government is not a dismissal of proprietary software, and it is not a 
celebration of the freedoms granted by Foss. It is rather a statement about 
giving taxpayers the best value for their taxes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br 
/&gt;&amp;#x201c;While we have always respected the long-held beliefs of those 
who think that governments should favour Open Source on principle, we have 
always taken the view that the main test should be what is best value for the 
taxpayer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#x201c;Over the past five years many 
government departments have shown that Open Source can be best for the taxpayer 
&amp;#x2013; in our web services, in the NHS and in other vital public 
services.&amp;#x201d; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why then the directive now? 
Because &amp;#x201c;we need to increase the pace,&amp;#x201d; as the 
innovation, the dialog between government users and the IT industry, needs to 
be allowed free rein, and not the essentially furtive and sporadic efforts that 
have preceded this directive--and which characterize government procurement 
practices elsewhere. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet there is good news emerging: 
Canada put out a &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://www.merx.com/English/SUPPLIER_Menu.Asp?WCE=Show&amp;TAB=1&amp;PORTAL=MERX&amp;State=7&amp;id=PW-$$EE-015-18733&amp;FED_ONLY=0&amp;hcode=Au64x22Vv9pVNE3IKtFp3Q==&quot;&gt;Request
 For Information&lt;/a&gt; to which numerous companies replied, including Sun. 
(I helped draft the response, along with Bruno S.; Simon P. provided the 
logical frame.) And late last month, I gave a two-hour discussion on Foss and 
policy to the Ontario government. All of which is to say that in Canada there 
is movement in the right direction--a movement I fully expect to see grow. Why? 
proprietary software costs taxpayers money--upfront, down the road, in the end. 
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, we all expect the usual arguments, and 
I&amp;#x2019;ve already noted harbingers of them: that there are hidden costs 
to Foss, and that these include such things as migration of documents, files, 
people; and also  training and certification costs, and then the biggest fear 
of all, the by and large bogus problem of using software that may have license 
issues. In the case of OpenOffice.org (and probably most other significant 
software the government is likely to consider) that&amp;#x2019;s a false 
fear.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;But that won&amp;#x2019;t stop some. In 
Microsoft&amp;#x2019;s &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/26/microsoft_tomtom/print.html&quot;&gt;suit&lt;/a&gt;
 against the in-car navigation device maker TomTom for patent infringement, 
even though the suit is ostensibly and ostentatiously not against Foss, 
(&amp;#x201c;Open source software is not the focal point of this 
action.&amp;#x201d;), the environment Foss is clearly affected. For whatever 
the merits of this suit (and TomTom is hardly quiescent here) this is very 
close to the sort of fear frightens governments and corporations away from 
Foss: That there is a tiger lurking in the open source commons.&lt;br 
/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It shouldn&amp;#x2019;t. But it should provoke us to ensure 
that our code is clean and that any code that we expect others to build on and 
distribute must be have an unimpeachable pedigree. And that goes for 
proprietary software, too. Or does anyone really think that the 
m&amp;#x00e9;lange of doubt can only apply to works licensed under Foss 
copyrights? So let&amp;#x2019;s speculate that the end result of this sabre 
rattling is ultimately to endorse a copyright regime that is characterized not 
by FUD but by transparency, of license and code, and backed not by 
market-driven entities but by responsible community organizations and 
companies--those that understand where innovation lies and how to promote it, 
so as to foster a sustainable present and future. We certainly need it.&lt;br 
/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</content>
+               <author>
+                       <name>oulipo</name>
+                       <email>[email protected]</email>
+                       <uri>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/</uri>
+               </author>
+               <source>
+                       <title type="html">ooo-speak</title>
+                       <subtitle type="html">Mostly on OpenOffice.org, FOSS, 
and everything else.</subtitle>
+                       <link rel="self" 
href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"/>
+                       <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564</id>
+                       <updated>2009-02-27T06:00:38+00:00</updated>
+               </source>
+       </entry>
+
        <entry xml:lang="fr">
                <title type="html">Proposal for ODF Next</title>
                <link 
href="http://sophiegautier.com/blog/index.php/2009/02/26/105-proposal-for-odf-next"/>
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href="http://andreasmaooo.blogger.de/rss"/>
                        <id>http://andreasmaooo.blogger.de/rss</id>
-                       <updated>2009-02-27T00:00:37+00:00</updated>
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                        <link rel="self" 
href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"/>
                        <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564</id>
-                       <updated>2009-02-26T00:00:53+00:00</updated>
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href="http://andreasmaooo.blogger.de/rss"/>
                        <id>http://andreasmaooo.blogger.de/rss</id>
-                       <updated>2009-02-27T00:00:37+00:00</updated>
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-                       <updated>2009-02-27T00:00:37+00:00</updated>
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-       <entry xml:lang="fr">
-               <title type="html">Developers' Manifesto</title>
-               <link 
href="http://sophiegautier.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/28/101-developers-manifesto"/>
-               <id>tag:sophiegautier.com,2009-01-28:/blog/101</id>
-               <updated>2009-01-28T15:56:43+00:00</updated>
-               <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Cela faisait un petit bout de 
temps que nous étions dessus, il est maintenant paru :)&lt;/p&gt;
-
-
-&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://council.openoffice.org/developers.html&quot; 
hreflang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;http://council.openoffice.org/developers.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
-               <author>
-                       <name>sophi</name>
-                       <uri>http://sophiegautier.com/blog/index.php/</uri>
-               </author>
-               <source>
-                       <title type="html">Sgauti at OOo</title>
-                       <subtitle type="html">Histoires OpenOfficiennes et 
autres...</subtitle>
-                       <link rel="self" 
href="http://sophiegautier.com/blog/atom.php"/>
-                       <id>tag:sophiegautier.com,2009:/blog/index.php/</id>
-                       <updated>2009-02-27T00:00:37+00:00</updated>
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 </div>
 
-<p><em>Bloggings on native language topics by project members - see <a 
href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: February 27, 2009 12:00 
AM GMT</em></p>
+<p><em>Bloggings on native language topics by project members - see <a 
href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: February 27, 2009 06:00 
AM GMT</em></p>
 
+<h2>February 27, 2009</h2>
+<h3>
+<a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/"; title="ooo-speak">
+Louis Suarez-Potts</a>&nbsp;:&nbsp;
+<a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2009/02/notes-links-2009-02-2.html";>
+Notes, Links, 2009-02-2</a>
+</h3>
+<p>
+The <a 
href="http://www.cio.gov.uk/transformational_government/open_source/action.asp";>action</a>
 by the UK to promote open source published 24 February is of course terrific 
news and should be hailed as such. I hope it will, along with similar other 
European acts, stimulate the North American governments to also promote open 
source, open standards, and thus directly and indirectly innovation and 
economic growth here. Certainly, we need it. Note--the policy directive issued 
by the government is not a dismissal of proprietary software, and it is not a 
celebration of the freedoms granted by Foss. It is rather a statement about 
giving taxpayers the best value for their taxes:<br /><br />&#x201c;While we 
have always respected the long-held beliefs of those who think that governments 
should favour Open Source on principle, we have always taken the view that the 
main test should be what is best value for the taxpayer.<br /><br 
/>&#x201c;Over the past five years many government departments have shown that 
Open Source can be best for the taxpayer &#x2013; in our web services, in the 
NHS and in other vital public services.&#x201d; <br /><br />Why then the 
directive now? Because &#x201c;we need to increase the pace,&#x201d; as the 
innovation, the dialog between government users and the IT industry, needs to 
be allowed free rein, and not the essentially furtive and sporadic efforts that 
have preceded this directive--and which characterize government procurement 
practices elsewhere. <br /><br />Yet there is good news emerging: Canada put 
out a <a 
href="http://www.merx.com/English/SUPPLIER_Menu.Asp?WCE=Show&TAB=1&PORTAL=MERX&State=7&id=PW-$$EE-015-18733&FED_ONLY=0&hcode=Au64x22Vv9pVNE3IKtFp3Q==";>Request
 For Information</a> to which numerous companies replied, including Sun. (I 
helped draft the response, along with Bruno S.; Simon P. provided the logical 
frame.) And late last month, I gave a two-hour discussion on Foss and policy to 
the Ontario government. All of which is to say that in Canada there is movement 
in the right direction--a movement I fully expect to see grow. Why? proprietary 
software costs taxpayers money--upfront, down the road, in the end. <br /><br 
/>Of course, we all expect the usual arguments, and I&#x2019;ve already noted 
harbingers of them: that there are hidden costs to Foss, and that these include 
such things as migration of documents, files, people; and also  training and 
certification costs, and then the biggest fear of all, the by and large bogus 
problem of using software that may have license issues. In the case of 
OpenOffice.org (and probably most other significant software the government is 
likely to consider) that&#x2019;s a false fear.<br /> <br />But that 
won&#x2019;t stop some. In Microsoft&#x2019;s <a 
href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/26/microsoft_tomtom/print.html";>suit</a>
 against the in-car navigation device maker TomTom for patent infringement, 
even though the suit is ostensibly and ostentatiously not against Foss, 
(&#x201c;Open source software is not the focal point of this action.&#x201d;), 
the environment Foss is clearly affected. For whatever the merits of this suit 
(and TomTom is hardly quiescent here) this is very close to the sort of fear 
frightens governments and corporations away from Foss: That there is a tiger 
lurking in the open source commons.<br /><br />It shouldn&#x2019;t. But it 
should provoke us to ensure that our code is clean and that any code that we 
expect others to build on and distribute must be have an unimpeachable 
pedigree. And that goes for proprietary software, too. Or does anyone really 
think that the m&#x00e9;lange of doubt can only apply to works licensed under 
Foss copyrights? So let&#x2019;s speculate that the end result of this sabre 
rattling is ultimately to endorse a copyright regime that is characterized not 
by FUD but by transparency, of license and code, and backed not by 
market-driven entities but by responsible community organizations and 
companies--those that understand where innovation lies and how to promote it, 
so as to foster a sustainable present and future. We certainly need it.<br 
/><br /><br /></p>
+<p>
+<em><a 
href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2009/02/notes-links-2009-02-2.html";>by 
oulipo ([email protected]) at February 27, 2009 12:58 AM GMT</a></em>
+</p>
+<br />
+<hr />
+<br />
 <h2>February 26, 2009</h2>
 <h3>
 <a href="http://sophiegautier.com/blog/index.php/"; title="Sgauti at OOo">
@@ -297,24 +312,6 @@
 <br />
 <hr />
 <br />
-<h2>January 28, 2009</h2>
-<h3>
-<a href="http://sophiegautier.com/blog/index.php/"; title="Sgauti at OOo">
-Sophie Gautier</a>&nbsp;:&nbsp;
-<a 
href="http://sophiegautier.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/28/101-developers-manifesto";>
-Developers' Manifesto</a>
-</h3>
-<p>
-<p>Cela faisait un petit bout de temps que nous étions dessus, il est 
maintenant paru :)</p>
-
-
-<p><a href="http://council.openoffice.org/developers.html"; 
hreflang="en">http://council.openoffice.org/developers.html</a></p></p>
-<p>
-<em><a 
href="http://sophiegautier.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/28/101-developers-manifesto";>by
 sophi at January 28, 2009 03:56 PM GMT</a></em>
-</p>
-<br />
-<hr />
-<br />
 <a id="disclaimer" name="disclaimer"></a>
 <p><em>Disclaimer: all views expressed on this page are those 
 of the individual contributors, and may not reflect the views of the 

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        <head>
                <title>Native Language Confederation Planet</title>
-               <dateModified>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:39 +0000</dateModified>
+               <dateModified>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:00:42 +0000</dateModified>
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+<item 
rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-1640464200079194301">
+       <title>Louis Suarez-Potts: Notes, Links, 2009-02-2</title>
+       
<link>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2009/02/notes-links-2009-02-2.html</link>
+       <content:encoded>The &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://www.cio.gov.uk/transformational_government/open_source/action.asp&quot;&gt;action&lt;/a&gt;
 by the UK to promote open source published 24 February is of course terrific 
news and should be hailed as such. I hope it will, along with similar other 
European acts, stimulate the North American governments to also promote open 
source, open standards, and thus directly and indirectly innovation and 
economic growth here. Certainly, we need it. Note--the policy directive issued 
by the government is not a dismissal of proprietary software, and it is not a 
celebration of the freedoms granted by Foss. It is rather a statement about 
giving taxpayers the best value for their taxes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br 
/&gt;&amp;#x201c;While we have always respected the long-held beliefs of those 
who think that governments should favour Open Source on principle, we have 
always taken the view that the main test should be what is best value for the 
taxpayer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#x201c;Over the past five years many 
government departments have shown that Open Source can be best for the taxpayer 
&amp;#x2013; in our web services, in the NHS and in other vital public 
services.&amp;#x201d; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why then the directive now? 
Because &amp;#x201c;we need to increase the pace,&amp;#x201d; as the 
innovation, the dialog between government users and the IT industry, needs to 
be allowed free rein, and not the essentially furtive and sporadic efforts that 
have preceded this directive--and which characterize government procurement 
practices elsewhere. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet there is good news emerging: 
Canada put out a &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://www.merx.com/English/SUPPLIER_Menu.Asp?WCE=Show&amp;TAB=1&amp;PORTAL=MERX&amp;State=7&amp;id=PW-$$EE-015-18733&amp;FED_ONLY=0&amp;hcode=Au64x22Vv9pVNE3IKtFp3Q==&quot;&gt;Request
 For Information&lt;/a&gt; to which numerous companies replied, including Sun. 
(I helped draft the response, along with Bruno S.; Simon P. provided the 
logical frame.) And late last month, I gave a two-hour discussion on Foss and 
policy to the Ontario government. All of which is to say that in Canada there 
is movement in the right direction--a movement I fully expect to see grow. Why? 
proprietary software costs taxpayers money--upfront, down the road, in the end. 
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, we all expect the usual arguments, and 
I&amp;#x2019;ve already noted harbingers of them: that there are hidden costs 
to Foss, and that these include such things as migration of documents, files, 
people; and also  training and certification costs, and then the biggest fear 
of all, the by and large bogus problem of using software that may have license 
issues. In the case of OpenOffice.org (and probably most other significant 
software the government is likely to consider) that&amp;#x2019;s a false 
fear.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;But that won&amp;#x2019;t stop some. In 
Microsoft&amp;#x2019;s &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/26/microsoft_tomtom/print.html&quot;&gt;suit&lt;/a&gt;
 against the in-car navigation device maker TomTom for patent infringement, 
even though the suit is ostensibly and ostentatiously not against Foss, 
(&amp;#x201c;Open source software is not the focal point of this 
action.&amp;#x201d;), the environment Foss is clearly affected. For whatever 
the merits of this suit (and TomTom is hardly quiescent here) this is very 
close to the sort of fear frightens governments and corporations away from 
Foss: That there is a tiger lurking in the open source commons.&lt;br 
/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It shouldn&amp;#x2019;t. But it should provoke us to ensure 
that our code is clean and that any code that we expect others to build on and 
distribute must be have an unimpeachable pedigree. And that goes for 
proprietary software, too. Or does anyone really think that the 
m&amp;#x00e9;lange of doubt can only apply to works licensed under Foss 
copyrights? So let&amp;#x2019;s speculate that the end result of this sabre 
rattling is ultimately to endorse a copyright regime that is characterized not 
by FUD but by transparency, of license and code, and backed not by 
market-driven entities but by responsible community organizations and 
companies--those that understand where innovation lies and how to promote it, 
so as to foster a sustainable present and future. We certainly need it.&lt;br 
/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</content:encoded>
+       <dc:date>2009-02-27T00:58:39+00:00</dc:date>
+       <dc:creator>oulipo</dc:creator>
+</item>
 <item rdf:about="tag:sophiegautier.com,2009-02-26:/blog/105">
        <title>Sophie Gautier: Proposal for ODF Next</title>
        
<link>http://sophiegautier.com/blog/index.php/2009/02/26/105-proposal-for-odf-next</link>
@@ -200,15 +207,5 @@
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        <dc:creator>sophi</dc:creator>
 </item>
-<item rdf:about="tag:sophiegautier.com,2009-01-28:/blog/101">
-       <title>Sophie Gautier: Developers' Manifesto</title>
-       
<link>http://sophiegautier.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/28/101-developers-manifesto</link>
-       <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Cela faisait un petit bout de temps que nous 
étions dessus, il est maintenant paru :)&lt;/p&gt;
-
-
-&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://council.openoffice.org/developers.html&quot; 
hreflang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;http://council.openoffice.org/developers.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
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+       <title>Louis Suarez-Potts: Notes, Links, 2009-02-2</title>
+       
<guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-1640464200079194301</guid>
+       
<link>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2009/02/notes-links-2009-02-2.html</link>
+       <description>The &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://www.cio.gov.uk/transformational_government/open_source/action.asp&quot;&gt;action&lt;/a&gt;
 by the UK to promote open source published 24 February is of course terrific 
news and should be hailed as such. I hope it will, along with similar other 
European acts, stimulate the North American governments to also promote open 
source, open standards, and thus directly and indirectly innovation and 
economic growth here. Certainly, we need it. Note--the policy directive issued 
by the government is not a dismissal of proprietary software, and it is not a 
celebration of the freedoms granted by Foss. It is rather a statement about 
giving taxpayers the best value for their taxes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br 
/&gt;&amp;#x201c;While we have always respected the long-held beliefs of those 
who think that governments should favour Open Source on principle, we have 
always taken the view that the main test should be what is best value for the 
taxpayer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#x201c;Over the past five years many 
government departments have shown that Open Source can be best for the taxpayer 
&amp;#x2013; in our web services, in the NHS and in other vital public 
services.&amp;#x201d; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why then the directive now? 
Because &amp;#x201c;we need to increase the pace,&amp;#x201d; as the 
innovation, the dialog between government users and the IT industry, needs to 
be allowed free rein, and not the essentially furtive and sporadic efforts that 
have preceded this directive--and which characterize government procurement 
practices elsewhere. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet there is good news emerging: 
Canada put out a &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://www.merx.com/English/SUPPLIER_Menu.Asp?WCE=Show&amp;TAB=1&amp;PORTAL=MERX&amp;State=7&amp;id=PW-$$EE-015-18733&amp;FED_ONLY=0&amp;hcode=Au64x22Vv9pVNE3IKtFp3Q==&quot;&gt;Request
 For Information&lt;/a&gt; to which numerous companies replied, including Sun. 
(I helped draft the response, along with Bruno S.; Simon P. provided the 
logical frame.) And late last month, I gave a two-hour discussion on Foss and 
policy to the Ontario government. All of which is to say that in Canada there 
is movement in the right direction--a movement I fully expect to see grow. Why? 
proprietary software costs taxpayers money--upfront, down the road, in the end. 
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, we all expect the usual arguments, and 
I&amp;#x2019;ve already noted harbingers of them: that there are hidden costs 
to Foss, and that these include such things as migration of documents, files, 
people; and also  training and certification costs, and then the biggest fear 
of all, the by and large bogus problem of using software that may have license 
issues. In the case of OpenOffice.org (and probably most other significant 
software the government is likely to consider) that&amp;#x2019;s a false 
fear.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;But that won&amp;#x2019;t stop some. In 
Microsoft&amp;#x2019;s &lt;a 
href=&quot;http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/26/microsoft_tomtom/print.html&quot;&gt;suit&lt;/a&gt;
 against the in-car navigation device maker TomTom for patent infringement, 
even though the suit is ostensibly and ostentatiously not against Foss, 
(&amp;#x201c;Open source software is not the focal point of this 
action.&amp;#x201d;), the environment Foss is clearly affected. For whatever 
the merits of this suit (and TomTom is hardly quiescent here) this is very 
close to the sort of fear frightens governments and corporations away from 
Foss: That there is a tiger lurking in the open source commons.&lt;br 
/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It shouldn&amp;#x2019;t. But it should provoke us to ensure 
that our code is clean and that any code that we expect others to build on and 
distribute must be have an unimpeachable pedigree. And that goes for 
proprietary software, too. Or does anyone really think that the 
m&amp;#x00e9;lange of doubt can only apply to works licensed under Foss 
copyrights? So let&amp;#x2019;s speculate that the end result of this sabre 
rattling is ultimately to endorse a copyright regime that is characterized not 
by FUD but by transparency, of license and code, and backed not by 
market-driven entities but by responsible community organizations and 
companies--those that understand where innovation lies and how to promote it, 
so as to foster a sustainable present and future. We certainly need it.&lt;br 
/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
+       <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
+       <author>[email protected] (oulipo)</author>
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+<item>
        <title>Sophie Gautier: Proposal for ODF Next</title>
        <guid>tag:sophiegautier.com,2009-02-26:/blog/105</guid>
        
<link>http://sophiegautier.com/blog/index.php/2009/02/26/105-proposal-for-odf-next</link>
@@ -182,16 +190,6 @@
 &lt;p&gt;A très bientôt donc&amp;nbsp;!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
        <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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-       <title>Sophie Gautier: Developers' Manifesto</title>
-       <guid>tag:sophiegautier.com,2009-01-28:/blog/101</guid>
-       
<link>http://sophiegautier.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/28/101-developers-manifesto</link>
-       <description>&lt;p&gt;Cela faisait un petit bout de temps que nous 
étions dessus, il est maintenant paru :)&lt;/p&gt;
-
-
-&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://council.openoffice.org/developers.html&quot; 
hreflang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;http://council.openoffice.org/developers.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
-       <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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