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Cat Stacking
Submitted by dave on Thu, 2010-07-15 08:35- 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?
Submitted by dave on Mon, 2010-05-03 09:14As 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
Submitted by dave on Wed, 2009-11-04 09:54Hello 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 21:32Looks 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 10:31Original blog post: http://blogs.msdn.com/uspublicsector/archive/2009/07/17/open-government-...
OOXML time again...
Submitted by dave on Fri, 2007-12-07 09:51Yep, 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 08:15Glen 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 19:45Looks 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 08:59Yesterday (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 Tue, 2007-08-28 23:21I posted these questions on Sean McBreen's blog over on MSDN, but he appears to have thoug
