Comments on: Sanity Prevails http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/3151 microsoft, munging and on being a mercurial iconoclastic professional geek. Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:42:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dave http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/3151/comment-page-1#comment-177901 dave Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:25:12 +0000 http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/3151#comment-177901 perhaps the customers who demand interoperability will demand microsoft stop chasing the false gods of 'linux' who they get their software from. perhaps the customers who demand interoperability will demand microsoft stop chasing the false gods of ‘linux’ who they get their software from.

]]> By: Nick Hodge http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/3151/comment-page-1#comment-177786 Nick Hodge Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:14:50 +0000 http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/3151#comment-177786 OOXML... not the first time a commercial organisation has created and promoted standards; and the world is better for the file formats to be opened up and standardarised. I am starting to doubt that the FOSS community, especially the "F" part of FOSS, will ever trust or believe Microsoft. Microsoft is a big organisation; with parts pursuing software licensing sales with closed sourced licenses. This is orthogonal to FOSS. That's the core business of Microsoft. The reality is that interoperability is a customer request. So Microsoft has to listen and respond. Patents are also a part of this eco system; and a fundamental part of intellectual property and law. Unsurprisingly, its the large organisations with money that are the target of patent trolls; and all organisations fear submarine patents. *In my opinion* the Patent system needs reforming, worldwide to a form of consistency. Watch what code gets shipped: not the rhetoric. OOXML… not the first time a commercial organisation has created and promoted standards; and the world is better for the file formats to be opened up and standardarised.

I am starting to doubt that the FOSS community, especially the “F” part of FOSS, will ever trust or believe Microsoft.

Microsoft is a big organisation; with parts pursuing software licensing sales with closed sourced licenses. This is orthogonal to FOSS. That’s the core business of Microsoft. The reality is that interoperability is a customer request. So Microsoft has to listen and respond.

Patents are also a part of this eco system; and a fundamental part of intellectual property and law. Unsurprisingly, its the large organisations with money that are the target of patent trolls; and all organisations fear submarine patents.

*In my opinion* the Patent system needs reforming, worldwide to a form of consistency.

Watch what code gets shipped: not the rhetoric.

]]> By: dave http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/3151/comment-page-1#comment-177773 dave Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:10:28 +0000 http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/3151#comment-177773 I meant before you can *say*(correction) "sanity prevails". I meant before you can *say*(correction) “sanity prevails”.

]]> By: dave http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/3151/comment-page-1#comment-177771 dave Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:09:42 +0000 http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/3151#comment-177771 Well .... ooxml is not something i would be proud of (re ISO standards approval process ). However, the foss community will only believe microsoft when it as a 'whole' (not just parts) send the same message. While you blog about this Microsoft *still* is going after companies for violating patents which *still* have not been stated on the public record, violated by linux etc. . Fix the Entire approach before you can "sanity prevails". Microsoft is rather 'split' at the present. Well .… ooxml is not something i would be proud of (re ISO standards approval process ).
However, the foss community will only believe microsoft when it as a ‘whole’ (not just parts) send the same message.
While you blog about this Microsoft *still* is going after companies for violating patents which *still* have not been stated on the public record, violated by linux etc. . Fix the Entire approach before you can “sanity prevails”. Microsoft is rather ‘split’ at the present.

]]> By: Angus http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/3151/comment-page-1#comment-174876 Angus Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:14:33 +0000 http://www.nickhodge.com/blog/archives/3151#comment-174876 Well said Nick! As it turns out, Henny Penny is wrong. The sky isn't going to fall in. Well said Nick! As it turns out, Henny Penny is wrong. The sky isn’t going to fall in.

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