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Archive for the ‘Standards’ Category

The New OpenDocument Standard

Wednesday, May 4th, 2005

(This post was part of a separate "Standards Blog" which has been merged into my main blog) Slashdot posted a story about the approval of the new OpenDocument standard by OASIS. The actual standard is available in PDF and OpenOffice formats. The obvious focus of this activity is against Microsoft and ...

Problems with RSS Feed

Monday, May 2nd, 2005

(This post was part of a separate "Standards Blog" which has been merged into my main blog) We were experiencing problems with the main RSS feed. Everything should be fixed now but if you are still having problems, please drop me an email.

The Never Ending JPEG Patent Saga

Wednesday, April 27th, 2005

(This post was part of a separate "Standards Blog" which has been merged into my main blog) Last April a company called Forgent Networks initiated 31 lawsuits against various companies using the JPEG format based on an old US Patent # 4,698,672 which Forgent acquired by buying up some other company. ...

Microsoft’s Metro vs. Adobe’s PDF

Wednesday, April 27th, 2005

(This post was part of a separate "Standards Blog" which has been merged into my main blog.) Quite a few news outlets are carrying the story of Microsoft inventing a new technology called "Metro" intended to replace Adobe's PDF format. According to Microsoft Watch " Metro is a "new fixed ...

Welcome!

Friday, April 22nd, 2005

(This post was part of a separate "Standards Blog" which has been merged into my main blog.) Welcome to "The Internet Standards Blog" - the newest discussion place for everything revolving around Internet standards. After searching far and wide for a site that would keep me upto date on standards activities ...

My new Blog on Standards

Friday, April 22nd, 2005

I started a new blog covering Internet Standards and related topics - The Standards Blog. UPDATE: All entries from this blog have been merged into my main blog here.