Published: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:40:46 +0000 Updated: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:40:46 +0000 | This is my first post in the new WordPress 2.5.
Upgrade was as easy as:
$ cd avi.alkalay.net $ svn sw http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/tags/2.5/
Everything worked without any changes, including my experimental content-optimized Plasma theme.
The new WordPress has lots of improvements, specially in the administration part and I recommend it.
Published: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:22:44 +0000 Updated: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:22:44 +0000 | If there is one or more technical problems, the NB must disapprove the DIS. This is the rationale behind this idea. [...]
Published: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:36:46 +0000 Updated: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:36:46 +0000 | Dear Mr. Kimura, Attached please find a letter from Mrs. María Teresa Saccucci, Standardization Manager of FONDONORMA (Venezuela) through which Venezuela wishes to modify its position on DIS 29500, Information technology – Office Open XML file formats from “Approval with comments” to “Disapproval with comments”. [...]
Published: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:03:08 +0000 Updated: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:03:08 +0000 | Finally Jomar, one of the brazilian delegate that went to OOXML’s BRM in Geneva has started to tell all the dirty little details of what really happened in that meeting and the surreal modus operandi of how 120 people can discuss 1027 issues in 5 days. Have fun in english and portuguese.
Oh, and talking [...]
Published: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:05:11 +0000 Updated: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:05:11 +0000 | Open Malasia blog has a user friendly post with a map of the voting. See the tables and understand the voting criterias.
Published: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:55:16 +0000 Updated: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:55:16 +0000 | It is now official. Brazilian vote was decided by consensus of the entire technical team, including Microsoft crew’s: OOXML does not deserve to be an international ISO standard.
Our first vote, in august, was also NO, due to the same reasons: OOXML is an awful specification.
That outcome was expected because we simply followed the [...]
Published: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:49:42 +0000 Updated: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:49:42 +0000 | Can Open Source Software be more ubiquitous than this ?
A few days ago I was playing extensively with Apple’s iPhone, investigating each sub-menu and little details. There is a section listing legal stuff and software being used with each license. GPL, LGPL, BSD and other Open Source licensed software rule the iPhone.
Some I [...]
Published: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:19:16 +0000 Updated: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:19:16 +0000 | These are my visual examples of the difference between real Open Standards-based Interoperability and Microsoft Intraoperability. [...]
Published: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:18:29 +0000 Updated: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:18:29 +0000 | One of the most critical and discussed points of the whole OOXML subject is how the specification lets you include binary proprietary information.
Let me show you how it happens with a piece of an OOXML document, the red-marked text is the problematic part (see for yourself, §6.2.2.14, paper page 4,813, lines 7–13):
<v:shape> <o:ink [...]
Published: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:16:43 +0000 Updated: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:16:43 +0000 |
This is an example of an old Excel bug that was transported to OOXML for “compatibility” reasons.
In new OOXML, there are several non-standard ways to represent dates. The main one is this, that requires that 1900 is a leap year contradicting the Gregorian calendar, used for centuries now.
More info on [...]
Published: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:08:38 +0000 Updated: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:08:38 +0000 | This is a numerical photography of what is the Microsoft Office Open XML wannabe specification:
6063 pages written in 12 months Only 6 months of analysis pointed 3500 issues that span from intellectual property, to standard date & time representation, to malformed XML definitions, to binary proprietary bits 3500 issues where summarized in “only” 1027 [...]
Published: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:27:22 +0000 Updated: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:27:22 +0000 | I decided to take the test to see how much the planet gets stressed with me. This is the result:
I have a lot to improve. Specially in goods (which was a weak test) and transportation.
Published: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:00:07 +0000 Updated: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:00:07 +0000 | Li algumas coisas na Internet sobre o resultado final do BRM. Em alguns lugares encontrei números e interpretações das mais diversas sobre estes resultados. Como faço parte do comitê da ABNT que analisou o OOXML, resolvi conversar com o Jomar, que foi um dos delegados brasileiros em Genebra.
Ele me disse que não pode comentar [...]
Published: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:43:15 +0000 Updated: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:43:15 +0000 | Veja como as coisas são…
Segundo o post do Jomar que esteve no BRM da ISO, um cidadão chegou nele num intervalo e sutilmente pediu para que não levantasse uma questão importante no processo do OOXML da Microsoft virar ou não um padrão ISO: a inexistência do mapeamento entre o formato legado (ex: .doc) e [...]
Published: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:36:50 +0000 Updated: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:36:50 +0000 | After a long study of months I found this method to be the best way to rip/encode or backup my DVDs. The resulting digital file uses the best standards and technologies (as H.264, MP4, Matroska, AC3 etc), looks practically lossless to human eyes and has reasonable good file size (about 1 to 1.4GB per movie). [...]
Published: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:51:18 +0000 Updated: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:51:18 +0000 | A few days ago I saw a post in Google Blog with Google’s position regarding the document format war.
Google supports OpenDocument Format.
The post also provides some short documents with Google’s findings (2 pages) and sample of technical issues unresolved in OOXML (4 pages). This is a fast reading for who wants to understand [...]
Published: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:37:05 +0000 Updated: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:37:05 +0000 | Não estou em Genebra, no Ballot Resolution Meeting do OOXML na ISO, mas falei pelo Google Talk com o Deivi do Serpro que é chefe da delegação brasileira, e em linhas gerais me contou o seguinte:
A delegação brasileira pediu para que eu tirasse as informações do ar para evitar problemas na ISO. O Jomar [...]
Published: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:53:07 +0000 Updated: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:53:07 +0000 | Receita de Linux da Novell, em milhões de dólares, no últimos 9 meses reportados: 100 Aumento em porcentagem do anterior em relação ao ano fiscal passado: 243 Número de metros quadrados do laboratório da aliança Microsoft-Novell: 232 Receita da Red Hat, em milhões de dólares, no último trimestre reportado: 127.3 Aumento em porcentagem representado [...]
Published: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:03:37 +0000 Updated: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:03:37 +0000 | I found Dell’s Digg-like IdeaStorm site today while having a look on Doc Searl’s January 2008 LJ Index.
This is a great example of Web 2.0 in action, together with similar sites as IBM’s Innovation Jam.
It shows how Linux is highly rated by everybody, as a top request amongst these ideas. Check Linux rank [...]
Published: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:53:26 +0000 Updated: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:53:26 +0000 | Teve um remelexo hoje na indústria de TI quando a Microsoft fez seu anúncio “interoperability by design”.
Gato escaldado tem medo de água fria…
Quem se lembra da promessa de portar o Internet Explorer para Solaris? Cadê? Bem, não que agente estivesse esperando por isso, nem precisasse…
E da promessa de abrir o .NET? Falando [...]
Published: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:08:00 +0000 Updated: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:08:00 +0000 | The state of Paraná, here in Brazil, is the first to have laws that specifically promotes the use of OpenDocument Format. This is a free translation of such law:
All public companies and institutions under the state of Paraná administration will adopt, preferably, open formats for creation, storage and public availability of digital documents. We [...]
Published: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:28:00 +0000 Updated: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:28:00 +0000 | Essas reuniões do grupo de trabalho da ABNT servem também para encontrar velhos amigos e um deles foi o Penna do Banco do Brasil, um dos responsáveis pela adoção em massa de Linux na empresa.
Contou que 100% das agências tem seus servidores rodando Linux. 100% dos caixas de atendimento. E a grande maioria dos [...]
Published: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:45:15 +0000 Updated: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:45:15 +0000 | Quando o Brasil votou NÃO ao OOXML em agosto, anexou também sessenta e tantos comentários justificando o porquê dessa rejeição. Muitos países fizeram o mesmo, inclusive alguns que votaram SIM.
Desde novembro a ECMA tem respondido a esses comentários em forma de alterações e melhorias a especificação OOXML para remediar os problemas apontados. O Grupo [...]
Published: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:26:58 +0000 Updated: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:26:58 +0000 | Acabei de tomar um café com o Theodore Tso (blog), um dos jedi master hackers do universo Linux e Open Source de todos os tempos.
Acontece que ele trabalha na IBM a alguns anos e atualmente está num assignment temporário na Linux Foundation (a mesma casa do Linus Torvalds) focado em melhorar o framework LSB, [...]
Published: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:00:13 +0000 Updated: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:00:13 +0000 |
Web 2.0 is about people. Its a global party where human beings exchange knowledge, experiences, information and even emotions.
Yesterday I saw the Xanadu movie again with ELO’s All Over the World, a good-vibe song from the 80′s that still has very current lyrics that explain what people are doing in our 2008′s Web [...]
Published: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:11:01 +0000 Updated: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:11:01 +0000 | Recebi isso por e-mail e achei bem oportuno, e um barato.
A pressa é inimiga da conexão Amigos, amigos, senhas à parte. Antes só do que em chats aborrecidos Arquivo dado não se olha o formato Diga-me qual a sala de chat que você freqüenta e te direi quem és! Para todo bom provedor uma [...]
Published: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:50:24 +0000 Updated: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:50:24 +0000 | O Google tem claramente uma posição dominante. Eles detêm cerca de 75% das buscas pagas no mundo.
Disse Steve Ballmer a uma entrevista ao New York Times, e ele continua…
Nós acreditamos que nossa proposta vai melhorar a concorrência.
Ah tá.
Published: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:46:30 +0000 Updated: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:46:30 +0000 | What a cute movie about $$ spent with office suites.
Published: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:52:06 +0000 Updated: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:52:06 +0000 | Vejam esta conversa com uma agente de marketing e comunicações, por mensagem instantânea:
Ela: Recebemos a ligação de um jornalista da ###### dizendo que a IBM apoia o padrão XML porque os programaa IBM Lotus Quikr , IBM Websphere Portal , IBM DB2 9 XML suportam XML… vc sabe dizer se é verdade ? E [...]
Published: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:49:55 +0000 Updated: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:49:55 +0000 | Porcentagem mínima do tráfego da Internet identificado como ponto-a-ponto (peer-to-peer): 50 Porcentagem máxima do tráfego da Internet identificado como ponto-a-ponto (peer-to-peer): 90 Porcentagem mínima do tráfego ponto-a-ponto que usa BitTorrent: 50 Porcentagem máxima do tráfego ponto-a-ponto que usa BitTorrent: 75 Porcentagem de americanos entrevistados que acreditam que a constituição estabelece uma nação cristã: 55 [...]
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About Avi
Avi Alkalay is an Information Architect, Enterprise 2.0, Open Standards and Open Source do-it-all hacker at IBM Brazil.
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