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Log: Planet run at Sat Jun 6 06:00:36 BST 2009 File Changes: Directory: /native-lang/www/planet/ =================================== File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://native-lang.openoffice.org/source/browse/native-lang/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.1750&r2=1.1751 Delta lines: +30 -44 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2009-06-05 23:00:51+0000 1.1750 +++ atom.xml 2009-06-06 05:00:54+0000 1.1751 @@ -5,9 +5,29 @@ <link rel="self" href="http://native-lang.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml"/> <link href="http://native-lang.openoffice.org/planet/"/> <id>http://native-lang.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml</id> - <updated>2009-06-05T23:00:40+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-06-06T05:00:43+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> + <entry> + <title type="html">CORRECTION: Trips: China, Japan</title> + <link href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2009/05/correction-trips-china-japan.html"/> + <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-3404809581266549923</id> + <updated>2009-06-05T21:48:55+00:00</updated> + <content type="html">A mistaken belief led to this <a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2009/05/trips-china-japan.html">post</a> of mine a short while ago:<br /><br />&#x201c;23 June: I fly to Tokyo via Beijing to meet with IPA representatives to discuss contributing to OpenOffice.org. Japan has long been a promise and a problem. Good-Day, Inc., of Osaka has contributed substntially for almost as long as OOo has been around. Indeed, much of the localization effort (to Japanese) is due to their team, and I thank Maeda-san and his company, along with Nakata Maho, for their unstintinting contributions to developing the code into a qualified appication suitable for enterprise use.&#x201d;<br /><br />In fact, as was very kindly pointed out to me, this is not the case: Good-Day, though a friend, has not in fact contributed in the way I wrongly described. As was pointed out to me:<br /><br />&#x201c;Localization efforts are not due to Good-Day, but tremendous contribution by<br />ja individuals and SUN K.K., who are not Good-Day's employee. Especially<br />khirano's coordination has been most noted one. Really surprising, that<br />such a individuals can do great coordination. Recently, Kubota-san, is taking<br />over his position, and now he's been doing very well. As far as I know,<br />no substantial contributions from Good-day, at least of localization.&#x201d;<br /><br />My regrets in posting such an error, and my apologies to the all concerned, especially to my friend Kazunari HIrano (Khirano), who has been such a strong contributor to the project and promoter of it. And I welcome Kubota-san!<br /><br />Alas, errors like the one I made do occur, and I simply ask that when they do that they be pointed out to me. I&#x2019;ll return the favour :-)<br /><br />Thanks to those making OOo what it is and even better.<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="http://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4649039904546083564-3404809581266549923?l=ooo-speak.blogspot.com" /></div></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>2009-06-06T05:00:38+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + <entry xml:lang="en"> <title type="html">OOoAuthors - New instance online</title> <link href="http://andreasmaooo.blogger.de/stories/1417482/"/> @@ -22,7 +42,7 @@ <title type="html">andreasma_at_ooo</title> <link rel="self" href="http://andreasmaooo.blogger.de/rss"/> <id>http://andreasmaooo.blogger.de/rss</id> - <updated>2009-06-05T23:00:38+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-06-06T05:00:39+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -72,7 +92,7 @@ <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>2009-06-05T23:00:37+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-06-06T05:00:38+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -92,7 +112,7 @@ <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>2009-06-05T23:00:37+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-06-06T05:00:38+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -112,7 +132,7 @@ <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>2009-06-05T23:00:37+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-06-06T05:00:38+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -132,7 +152,7 @@ <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>2009-06-05T23:00:37+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-06-06T05:00:38+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -152,7 +172,7 @@ <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>2009-06-05T23:00:37+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-06-06T05:00:38+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -172,7 +192,7 @@ <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>2009-06-05T23:00:37+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-06-06T05:00:38+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -190,7 +210,7 @@ <title type="html">andreasma_at_ooo</title> <link rel="self" href="http://andreasmaooo.blogger.de/rss"/> <id>http://andreasmaooo.blogger.de/rss</id> - <updated>2009-06-05T23:00:38+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-06-06T05:00:39+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -261,7 +281,7 @@ <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>2009-06-05T23:00:37+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-06-06T05:00:38+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -413,38 +433,4 @@ </source> </entry> - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">ODF with no excuse</title> - <link href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/05/06/odf-with-no-excuse/"/> - <id>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/05/06/odf-with-no-excuse/</id> - <updated>2009-05-06T17:12:09+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p> Reports start to appear in the press about the ODF support quality enabled by the Service Pack 2 inside Microsoft Office 2007. I could say that I&#8217;m not surprised,<br /> -but I somewhat had also expected the contrary. Unfortunately it seems we have here a poor implementation of ODF. If further reports confirm it (and I have no serious doubt they will),<br /> -we will have the case of a monopolistic vendor messing up its own implementation of an open standard and have no viable excuse for doing so.</p> -<p>If we are to believe several reports who all link to <a href="http://www.robweir.com/blog/2009/05/update-on-odf-spreadsheet.html">Rob Weir&#8217;s own thorough review</a> ,<br /> -Microsoft has not only done a poor job implementing ODF, it has also ended up into a quite unique <em>endless loop phenomenon</em> . What this basically means is that in some instances<br /> -ODF documents created by Microsoft Office will only be readable and editable in&#8230; Microsoft Office. How was this possible? Apparently when you want to mess up something, you always find ways to do so.</p> -<p>It would be very tempting to assume that if such a loop, as I call it, was possible, then the real technical flaw has been lying inside the standard&#8217;s specification for quite some time. And you know what?<br /> -This is obviously the case&#8230; otherwise it would not have been possible, or else, MS does not produce conforming ODF documents. But the worst part may not even be there.</p> -<p>What we should perhaps realize today, is that one company charged of monopolistic abuse, after having imposed its own office document standard at the ISO (this one being itself under investigation),<br /> -is now trying to break the existing interoperability with the ODF standard. It would not be the first time Microsoft would have had this strategy. But it just reveals how little has changed inside this company.</p> -<p>The intended effect, or should I say the risk, is that given a market share gained and maintained mostly by monopolistic practices and network effects, Microsoft Officer will lock its users in its very own,<br /> -incompatible and uninteroperable version of ODF. This is called <em>format filibustering</em> and it is an art Redmond has mastered over the years. I do urge Microsoft to reconsider these biased and unproductive practices.<br /> -They will only end up harming its customers. As for ODF, things are going to become very interesting, I think. This time, there is a real chance the market will not let Microsoft fool it again.<br /> -And what the market will ask for will be pure, unbiased ODF that can interact with various ODF-capable systems. This time, there will be no excuse.</p> -<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=124&akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_124" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> -</p></content> - <author> - <name>Charles Schulz</name> - <uri>http://standardsandfreedom.net</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">Moved by Freedom - Powered by Standards » OOo Postings</title> - <subtitle type="html">A weblog by Charles-H. Schulz.</subtitle> - <link rel="self" href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/category/ooo-postings/feed"/> - <id>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/category/ooo-postings/feed</id> - <updated>2009-06-05T23:00:36+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://native-lang.openoffice.org/source/browse/native-lang/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.1750&r2=1.1751 Delta lines: +16 -31 --------------------- --- index.html 2009-06-05 23:00:52+0000 1.1750 +++ index.html 2009-06-06 05:00:54+0000 1.1751 @@ -29,8 +29,23 @@ <a href="rss20.xml"><img src="rss2.gif" alt="Link to RSS 2 feed" /></a> </div> -<p><em>Bloggings on native language topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: June 05, 2009 11:00 PM GMT</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on native language topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: June 06, 2009 05:00 AM GMT</em></p> +<h2>June 05, 2009</h2> +<h3> +<a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/"; title="ooo-speak"> +Louis Suarez-Potts</a> : +<a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2009/05/correction-trips-china-japan.html";> +CORRECTION: Trips: China, Japan</a> +</h3> +<p> +A mistaken belief led to this <a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2009/05/trips-china-japan.html";>post</a> of mine a short while ago:<br /><br />“23 June: I fly to Tokyo via Beijing to meet with IPA representatives to discuss contributing to OpenOffice.org. Japan has long been a promise and a problem. Good-Day, Inc., of Osaka has contributed substntially for almost as long as OOo has been around. Indeed, much of the localization effort (to Japanese) is due to their team, and I thank Maeda-san and his company, along with Nakata Maho, for their unstintinting contributions to developing the code into a qualified appication suitable for enterprise use.”<br /><br />In fact, as was very kindly pointed out to me, this is not the case: Good-Day, though a friend, has not in fact contributed in the way I wrongly described. As was pointed out to me:<br /><br />“Localization efforts are not due to Good-Day, but tremendous contribution by<br />ja individuals and SUN K.K., who are not Good-Day's employee. Especially<br />khirano's coordination has been most noted one. Really surprising, that<br />such a individuals can do great coordination. Recently, Kubota-san, is taking<br />over his position, and now he's been doing very well. As far as I know,<br />no substantial contributions from Good-day, at least of localization.”<br /><br />My regrets in posting such an error, and my apologies to the all concerned, especially to my friend Kazunari HIrano (Khirano), who has been such a strong contributor to the project and promoter of it. And I welcome Kubota-san!<br /><br />Alas, errors like the one I made do occur, and I simply ask that when they do that they be pointed out to me. I’ll return the favour :-)<br /><br />Thanks to those making OOo what it is and even better.<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="http://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4649039904546083564-3404809581266549923?l=ooo-speak.blogspot.com"; /></div></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2009/05/correction-trips-china-japan.html";>by oulipo ([email protected]) at June 05, 2009 09:48 PM BST</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>June 03, 2009</h2> <h3> <a href="http://andreasmaooo.blogger.de/"; title="andreasma_at_ooo"> @@ -371,36 +386,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h2>May 06, 2009</h2> -<h3> -<a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net"; title="Moved by Freedom - Powered by Standards » OOo Postings"> -Charles Schulz</a> : -<a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/05/06/odf-with-no-excuse/";> -ODF with no excuse</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p> Reports start to appear in the press about the ODF support quality enabled by the Service Pack 2 inside Microsoft Office 2007. I could say that I’m not surprised,<br /> -but I somewhat had also expected the contrary. Unfortunately it seems we have here a poor implementation of ODF. If further reports confirm it (and I have no serious doubt they will),<br /> -we will have the case of a monopolistic vendor messing up its own implementation of an open standard and have no viable excuse for doing so.</p> -<p>If we are to believe several reports who all link to <a href="http://www.robweir.com/blog/2009/05/update-on-odf-spreadsheet.html";>Rob Weir’s own thorough review</a> ,<br /> -Microsoft has not only done a poor job implementing ODF, it has also ended up into a quite unique <em>endless loop phenomenon</em> . What this basically means is that in some instances<br /> -ODF documents created by Microsoft Office will only be readable and editable in… Microsoft Office. How was this possible? Apparently when you want to mess up something, you always find ways to do so.</p> -<p>It would be very tempting to assume that if such a loop, as I call it, was possible, then the real technical flaw has been lying inside the standard’s specification for quite some time. And you know what?<br /> -This is obviously the case… otherwise it would not have been possible, or else, MS does not produce conforming ODF documents. But the worst part may not even be there.</p> -<p>What we should perhaps realize today, is that one company charged of monopolistic abuse, after having imposed its own office document standard at the ISO (this one being itself under investigation),<br /> -is now trying to break the existing interoperability with the ODF standard. It would not be the first time Microsoft would have had this strategy. But it just reveals how little has changed inside this company.</p> -<p>The intended effect, or should I say the risk, is that given a market share gained and maintained mostly by monopolistic practices and network effects, Microsoft Officer will lock its users in its very own,<br /> -incompatible and uninteroperable version of ODF. This is called <em>format filibustering</em> and it is an art Redmond has mastered over the years. I do urge Microsoft to reconsider these biased and unproductive practices.<br /> -They will only end up harming its customers. As for ODF, things are going to become very interesting, I think. This time, there is a real chance the market will not let Microsoft fool it again.<br /> -And what the market will ask for will be pure, unbiased ODF that can interact with various ODF-capable systems. This time, there will be no excuse.</p> -<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=124&akst_action=share-this"; title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_124" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> -</p></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/05/06/odf-with-no-excuse/";>by Charles at May 06, 2009 05:12 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 File [changed]: opml.xml Url: http://native-lang.openoffice.org/source/browse/native-lang/www/planet/opml.xml?r1=1.1750&r2=1.1751 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2009-06-05 23:00:52+0000 1.1750 +++ opml.xml 2009-06-06 05:00:54+0000 1.1751 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Native Language Confederation Planet</title> - <dateModified>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:00:41 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:00:43 +0000</dateModified> <ownerName>Native Language Confederation</ownerName> <ownerEmail>[email protected]</ownerEmail> </head> File [changed]: rss10.xml Url: http://native-lang.openoffice.org/source/browse/native-lang/www/planet/rss10.xml?r1=1.317&r2=1.318 Delta lines: +8 -22 -------------------- --- rss10.xml 2009-06-03 23:01:00+0000 1.317 +++ rss10.xml 2009-06-06 05:00:54+0000 1.318 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-3404809581266549923" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://andreasmaooo.blogger.de/stories/1417482/"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/06/01/standards-for-change/"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-3644086454305576909" /> @@ -27,11 +28,17 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-6066573634444312912" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:sophiegautier.com,2009-05-17:/blog/119" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/05/08/should-we-waterboard-rob-weir-and-other-crucial-questions/"; /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/05/06/odf-with-no-excuse/"; /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-3404809581266549923"> + <title>Louis Suarez-Potts: CORRECTION: Trips: China, Japan</title> + <link>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2009/05/correction-trips-china-japan.html</link> + <content:encoded>A mistaken belief led to this <a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2009/05/trips-china-japan.html">post</a> of mine a short while ago:<br /><br />&#x201c;23 June: I fly to Tokyo via Beijing to meet with IPA representatives to discuss contributing to OpenOffice.org. Japan has long been a promise and a problem. Good-Day, Inc., of Osaka has contributed substntially for almost as long as OOo has been around. Indeed, much of the localization effort (to Japanese) is due to their team, and I thank Maeda-san and his company, along with Nakata Maho, for their unstintinting contributions to developing the code into a qualified appication suitable for enterprise use.&#x201d;<br /><br />In fact, as was very kindly pointed out to me, this is not the case: Good-Day, though a friend, has not in fact contributed in the way I wrongly described. As was pointed out to me:<br /><br />&#x201c;Localization efforts are not due to Good-Day, but tremendous contribution by<br />ja individuals and SUN K.K., who are not Good-Day's employee. Especially<br />khirano's coordination has been most noted one. Really surprising, that<br />such a individuals can do great coordination. Recently, Kubota-san, is taking<br />over his position, and now he's been doing very well. As far as I know,<br />no substantial contributions from Good-day, at least of localization.&#x201d;<br /><br />My regrets in posting such an error, and my apologies to the all concerned, especially to my friend Kazunari HIrano (Khirano), who has been such a strong contributor to the project and promoter of it. And I welcome Kubota-san!<br /><br />Alas, errors like the one I made do occur, and I simply ask that when they do that they be pointed out to me. I&#x2019;ll return the favour :-)<br /><br />Thanks to those making OOo what it is and even better.<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="http://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4649039904546083564-3404809581266549923?l=ooo-speak.blogspot.com" /></div></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2009-06-05T21:48:55+00:00</dc:date> + <dc:creator>oulipo</dc:creator> +</item> <item rdf:about="http://andreasmaooo.blogger.de/stories/1417482/";> <title>Andreas Mantke: OOoAuthors - New instance online</title> <link>http://andreasmaooo.blogger.de/stories/1417482/</link> @@ -259,26 +266,5 @@ </p></content:encoded> <dc:date>2009-05-08T15:13:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> -<item rdf:about="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/05/06/odf-with-no-excuse/";> - <title>Charles Schulz: ODF with no excuse</title> - <link>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/05/06/odf-with-no-excuse/</link> - <content:encoded><p> Reports start to appear in the press about the ODF support quality enabled by the Service Pack 2 inside Microsoft Office 2007. I could say that I&#8217;m not surprised,<br /> -but I somewhat had also expected the contrary. Unfortunately it seems we have here a poor implementation of ODF. If further reports confirm it (and I have no serious doubt they will),<br /> -we will have the case of a monopolistic vendor messing up its own implementation of an open standard and have no viable excuse for doing so.</p> -<p>If we are to believe several reports who all link to <a href="http://www.robweir.com/blog/2009/05/update-on-odf-spreadsheet.html">Rob Weir&#8217;s own thorough review</a> ,<br /> -Microsoft has not only done a poor job implementing ODF, it has also ended up into a quite unique <em>endless loop phenomenon</em> . What this basically means is that in some instances<br /> -ODF documents created by Microsoft Office will only be readable and editable in&#8230; Microsoft Office. How was this possible? Apparently when you want to mess up something, you always find ways to do so.</p> -<p>It would be very tempting to assume that if such a loop, as I call it, was possible, then the real technical flaw has been lying inside the standard&#8217;s specification for quite some time. And you know what?<br /> -This is obviously the case&#8230; otherwise it would not have been possible, or else, MS does not produce conforming ODF documents. But the worst part may not even be there.</p> -<p>What we should perhaps realize today, is that one company charged of monopolistic abuse, after having imposed its own office document standard at the ISO (this one being itself under investigation),<br /> -is now trying to break the existing interoperability with the ODF standard. It would not be the first time Microsoft would have had this strategy. But it just reveals how little has changed inside this company.</p> -<p>The intended effect, or should I say the risk, is that given a market share gained and maintained mostly by monopolistic practices and network effects, Microsoft Officer will lock its users in its very own,<br /> -incompatible and uninteroperable version of ODF. This is called <em>format filibustering</em> and it is an art Redmond has mastered over the years. I do urge Microsoft to reconsider these biased and unproductive practices.<br /> -They will only end up harming its customers. As for ODF, things are going to become very interesting, I think. This time, there is a real chance the market will not let Microsoft fool it again.<br /> -And what the market will ask for will be pure, unbiased ODF that can interact with various ODF-capable systems. This time, there will be no excuse.</p> -<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=124&akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_124" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> -</p></content:encoded> - <dc:date>2009-05-06T17:12:09+00:00</dc:date> -</item> </rdf:RDF> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://native-lang.openoffice.org/source/browse/native-lang/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.318&r2=1.319 Delta lines: +8 -22 -------------------- --- rss20.xml 2009-06-03 23:01:00+0000 1.318 +++ rss20.xml 2009-06-06 05:00:54+0000 1.319 @@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ <description>Native Language Confederation Planet - http://native-lang.openoffice.org/planet/</description> <item> + <title>Louis Suarez-Potts: CORRECTION: Trips: China, Japan</title> + <guid>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649039904546083564.post-3404809581266549923</guid> + <link>http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2009/05/correction-trips-china-japan.html</link> + <description>A mistaken belief led to this <a href="http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2009/05/trips-china-japan.html">post</a> of mine a short while ago:<br /><br />&#x201c;23 June: I fly to Tokyo via Beijing to meet with IPA representatives to discuss contributing to OpenOffice.org. Japan has long been a promise and a problem. Good-Day, Inc., of Osaka has contributed substntially for almost as long as OOo has been around. Indeed, much of the localization effort (to Japanese) is due to their team, and I thank Maeda-san and his company, along with Nakata Maho, for their unstintinting contributions to developing the code into a qualified appication suitable for enterprise use.&#x201d;<br /><br />In fact, as was very kindly pointed out to me, this is not the case: Good-Day, though a friend, has not in fact contributed in the way I wrongly described. As was pointed out to me:<br /><br />&#x201c;Localization efforts are not due to Good-Day, but tremendous contribution by<br />ja individuals and SUN K.K., who are not Good-Day's employee. Especially<br />khirano's coordination has been most noted one. Really surprising, that<br />such a individuals can do great coordination. Recently, Kubota-san, is taking<br />over his position, and now he's been doing very well. As far as I know,<br />no substantial contributions from Good-day, at least of localization.&#x201d;<br /><br />My regrets in posting such an error, and my apologies to the all concerned, especially to my friend Kazunari HIrano (Khirano), who has been such a strong contributor to the project and promoter of it. And I welcome Kubota-san!<br /><br />Alas, errors like the one I made do occur, and I simply ask that when they do that they be pointed out to me. I&#x2019;ll return the favour :-)<br /><br />Thanks to those making OOo what it is and even better.<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width="1" height="1" src="http://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4649039904546083564-3404809581266549923?l=ooo-speak.blogspot.com" /></div></description> + <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:48:55 +0000</pubDate> + <author>[email protected] (oulipo)</author> +</item> +<item> <title>Andreas Mantke: OOoAuthors - New instance online</title> <guid>http://andreasmaooo.blogger.de/stories/1417482/</guid> <link>http://andreasmaooo.blogger.de/stories/1417482/</link> @@ -246,28 +254,6 @@ </p></description> <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 15:13:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> -<item> - <title>Charles Schulz: ODF with no excuse</title> - <guid>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/05/06/odf-with-no-excuse/</guid> - <link>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/05/06/odf-with-no-excuse/</link> - <description><p> Reports start to appear in the press about the ODF support quality enabled by the Service Pack 2 inside Microsoft Office 2007. I could say that I&#8217;m not surprised,<br /> -but I somewhat had also expected the contrary. Unfortunately it seems we have here a poor implementation of ODF. If further reports confirm it (and I have no serious doubt they will),<br /> -we will have the case of a monopolistic vendor messing up its own implementation of an open standard and have no viable excuse for doing so.</p> -<p>If we are to believe several reports who all link to <a href="http://www.robweir.com/blog/2009/05/update-on-odf-spreadsheet.html">Rob Weir&#8217;s own thorough review</a> ,<br /> -Microsoft has not only done a poor job implementing ODF, it has also ended up into a quite unique <em>endless loop phenomenon</em> . What this basically means is that in some instances<br /> -ODF documents created by Microsoft Office will only be readable and editable in&#8230; Microsoft Office. How was this possible? Apparently when you want to mess up something, you always find ways to do so.</p> -<p>It would be very tempting to assume that if such a loop, as I call it, was possible, then the real technical flaw has been lying inside the standard&#8217;s specification for quite some time. And you know what?<br /> -This is obviously the case&#8230; otherwise it would not have been possible, or else, MS does not produce conforming ODF documents. But the worst part may not even be there.</p> -<p>What we should perhaps realize today, is that one company charged of monopolistic abuse, after having imposed its own office document standard at the ISO (this one being itself under investigation),<br /> -is now trying to break the existing interoperability with the ODF standard. It would not be the first time Microsoft would have had this strategy. But it just reveals how little has changed inside this company.</p> -<p>The intended effect, or should I say the risk, is that given a market share gained and maintained mostly by monopolistic practices and network effects, Microsoft Officer will lock its users in its very own,<br /> -incompatible and uninteroperable version of ODF. This is called <em>format filibustering</em> and it is an art Redmond has mastered over the years. I do urge Microsoft to reconsider these biased and unproductive practices.<br /> -They will only end up harming its customers. As for ODF, things are going to become very interesting, I think. This time, there is a real chance the market will not let Microsoft fool it again.<br /> -And what the market will ask for will be pure, unbiased ODF that can interact with various ODF-capable systems. This time, there will be no excuse.</p> -<p class="akst_link"><a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/?p=124&akst_action=share-this" title="E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc." id="akst_link_124" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow">Share This</a> -</p></description> - <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 17:12:09 +0000</pubDate> -</item> </channel> </rss> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
