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Open Standards Holiday Deadline
Just a simple e-mail could be a significant aid to keeping Britain's ICT procurement open. Please help TODAY!
by Simon Phipps
Your last chance to keep Britain open is here. As Glyn noted this morning, the UK's Open Standards Consultation closes tonight at midnight in the UK. While you're relaxing today, consider spending a few minutes responding to any of the...
June 4, 2012 1:52 PM Read Full Post
Java WORA Defences Spent?
Has Oracle's attack on Android eroded its ability to "defend" Java?
by Simon Phipps
Following last week's jury verdict that Google has not violated any of the patents Oracle inherited from Sun in connection with Android, a discussion has been developing on the effect of the verdict on Java. Google's statement that the “jury...
May 30, 2012 1:14 PM Read Full Post
Open Standards Consultation Nearing Close
The final round-table for the government's Open Standards Consultation is now open for booking - consider attending as much is at stake for UK ICT procurement.
by Simon Phipps
As part of its ongoing consultation on the role of open standards in software procurement, The government has announced the date for the re-run of the first open standards round-table as Thursday May 31st. Anyone with an interest is invited...
May 18, 2012 9:31 AM Read Full Post
Open Source Suites Highly Active
There's much activity in the area of open source office productivity suites; here's a roundup of recent news.
by Simon Phipps
While the news about the ongoing Oracle-Google trial in the US has been holding my attention, there have been a sequence of news releases about desktop productivity showing up over the last few weeks. It's all too good to miss,...
May 9, 2012 2:19 PM Read Full Post
Accommodating Telecoms
Misplaced opposition to the proposed UK Government Open Standards policy from the telecommunications industry should be addressed by the Cabinet Office
by Simon Phipps
I attended the 3rd round-table meeting for the UK Government Consultation on Open Standards last Friday. The meeting was well attended although not completely full. In particular, perhaps because of the controversy that broke the same day involving their back-room...
May 2, 2012 9:30 AM Read Full Post
Cabinet Office Acts On Discovery Of Undisclosed Conflict Of Interest
The UK Government Open Standards Consultation faces substantial change as the result of the exposure of an undisclosed Microsoft relationship.
by Simon Phipps
In a remarkable development last night resonant of the revelations in the Leveson inquiry, the Cabinet Office voided the findings of the first open standards consultation round-table on the grounds that it's facilitator had a previously undisclosed relationship with Microsoft....
April 27, 2012 1:09 PM Read Full Post
OSI Supports Open Standards
The Open Source Initiative agreed what made a standard open back in 2006 and today collaborated with the Free Software Foundation on a press statement about it.
by Simon Phipps
Back in 2006, a detailed discussion at the Open Source Initiative - where I am today a director - led to the creation of a statement about what makes a standard open, and a set of criteria for determining if...
April 25, 2012 3:11 PM Read Full Post
Memetic Fragments
Some of the open source and digital rights stories on my mind this week.
by Simon Phipps
Here are some of the things on my mind this week, in random order from my social postings (Twitter, Identi.ca and Google+): The web media hosting application MediaGoblin is a year old this week. Providing an extensible and flexible platform...
April 24, 2012 11:47 PM Read Full Post
Why RAND Is Bad For Open Source
Here's an easy guide to the core issue in the UK Government's Open Standards Consultation so you can participate more easily. Please do - your country needs you!
by Simon Phipps
By now, you're hopefully aware that there's a consultation in progress by the UK government on certain key aspects of their procurement strategy. Specifically, lobbying has re-opened the question of how "open standards" should be defined by the government for...
April 20, 2012 1:10 PM Read Full Post
Why Microsoft's New Open Source Company?
There's plenty of coverage of what Microsoft have done, but precious little on why. Here's some speculation.
by Simon Phipps
Microsoft has announced a new, wholly-owned subsidiary to allow it to engage open source projects. Decent explanations of why they have done this are a bit thin on the ground despite widespread coverage of the news itself, which their PR...
April 13, 2012 9:29 AM Read Full Post
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