Microsoft just won’t quit. Now they’re trying to make OOXML an ISO standard. Please help stop this.
Here’s how I explained it in Open Source Software for Libraries:
The state of Massachusetts in 2005 announced new IT standards that required its 80,000 employees and 173 agencies to adopt open file formats. The decision didn’t specify the applications [...]
Posted September 18, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Politics & Controversy, Technology. Tags: document formats, free software, iso, microsoft, monopoly, ooxml, open formats, standards, tyranny. 2 Comments.
Old news from Gizmodo and Wi-Fi Networking News (quoting WiFi NN):
Skyhook has assembled a database of information about 1.5 million access points across 25 major cities in the U.S. by driving every street in every city. Their software records multiple data points per sample for directionality. Fire up their software on a laptop, and it [...]
Posted July 17, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Blink, Technology. Tags: access points, geolocation, gps, mapping, monopoly, skyhook, wifi. 5 Comments.
