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Cat Stacking

Cat stacking
The heroic practice of coordination or organising ("wrangling") obstreperous or otherwise uncooperative agents into a consistent, coherent pattern or unit e.g.

NZICT - unwarranted influence on Software Patents?

As a FOSS software developer in Christchurch, I have a strong interest in software patents - specifically their exclusion from patentability in New Zealand.

Wrong in so many ways: TV3 Target segment on Piracy

Hello TV3 and Target. I was extremely unimpressed by Target's recent (3 Nov 2009) segment on "Piracy".

Self-serving "generosity"

Looks like my favourite corporation is at it again.

OOXML time again...

Yep, 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

Glen Moody has written an article that really resonates with me - it distills the rather bullet-proof

Aw Shucks, Microsoft, sorry about OOXML.

Looks like Standards New Zealand didn't let all the big advertising spending sway its decision<

Microsoft's OOXML ad in the Dominion Post

Yesterday (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

I posted these questions on Sean McBreen's blog over on MSDN, but he appears to have thoug