January 2008
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Chess is Dead
Russell had emailed me earlier about some post that might garner interest, but I’ve been sidetracked. Bobby Fisher died at age 64, and I was transported to my childhood in 1970, when I learned how to play chess at age 16 because Fisher – a Chicago native – had begun to steal chess headlines. But, [...]
OpenDocument Format Response to the Burton Report
There have been a few good responses to the Burton Report (you must register to download), the document that debates the relative merits of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) and Ecma 376 Office Open XML (OOXML). While this document is supposedly “unbiased,” a few writers found reason to contradict that stance.
RESPONSES:
Ryan Paul, a reputable writer, was [...]
AC/DC is Fifty?
Oh, yes – Angus Young was born on March 31, 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland. I’m six months older than Angus, and I still rock as well. Jim Breuer does a great imitation of Brian Johnson, no?
EU Puts Pressure on Microsoft
According to ZDNet today, the European Commission opened a new antitrust probe against Microsoft today to determine whether it unfairly tied its Web browser to the Windows operating system and made it more difficult for rival software to work with Windows.
One complaint was brought by Opera, the Norwegian maker of a Web browser that competes [...]
