Wrong in so many ways: TV3 Target segment on Piracy
Submitted by dave on Wed, 2009-11-04 10:54Hello TV3 and Target. I was extremely unimpressed by Target's recent (3 Nov 2009) segment on "Piracy".
Self-serving "generosity"
Submitted by dave on Mon, 2009-09-14 22:32Looks like my favourite corporation is at it again.
Response to Microsoft's Doug Mahugh on "Open Government"
Submitted by dave on Mon, 2009-08-10 11:31Original blog post: http://blogs.msdn.com/uspublicsector/archive/2009/07/17/open-government-...
OOXML time again...
Submitted by dave on Fri, 2007-12-07 10:51Yep, must be getting close to the next event on ISO's OOXML calendar - Microsoft's second desperate attempt to shore up its threatened monopoly.
What "IP" Really Means: Intellectual Monopoly
Submitted by dave on Thu, 2007-11-29 09:15Glen Moody has written an article that really resonates with me - it distills the rather bullet-proof
Aw Shucks, Microsoft, sorry about OOXML.
Submitted by dave on Thu, 2007-08-30 20:45Looks like Standards New Zealand didn't let all the big advertising spending sway its decision<
Microsoft's OOXML ad in the Dominion Post
Submitted by dave on Wed, 2007-08-29 09:59Yesterday (28 August), Microsoft engaged in a stunning example of "truthiness" with their full page ad in the Dominion Post, Wellington's daily ne
Questions for Microsoft on OOXML
Submitted by dave on Wed, 2007-08-29 00:21I posted these questions on Sean McBreen's blog over on MSDN, but he appears to have thoug
Response to Rod Drury's blog entry on the OOXML vote by Standards NZ
Submitted by dave on Thu, 2007-08-23 22:17This is my response to Rod's original posting on his blog.
Poor maligned Bill Hilf
Submitted by dave on Thu, 2007-05-17 11:40Today, on Port 25, Microsoft's latest effort to give the appearance that it's playing nicely with Open Source software, there appeared a truly unfortunate tale of woe. Yes, it looks like Bill Hilf, Microsoft's General Manager of Platform Strategy, feels he was misrepresented in a Bangkok Post article "Microsoft director out to 'debunk mythology around open source'" - and, for the record, I think he probably was badly misquoted. That said, someone in Bill's position should know how to handle the media... I note, by the way, that he neglects to link to the article directly from his blog entry, no doubt as part of damage control...
