Archive for the ‘Microsoft’ Category

ISO voted no on OOXML. But the battle isn’t over.

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

I’m extremely happy with the turnout. I’m more than joyous since my country’s standards organization (INEN) voted no as well. But this battle is just beginning now:

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Diagnosing a problem on Linux vs. Windows

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Diagnosing and solving a problem on Linux usually consists of googling the error message you get, and applying the fix. Not so with Windows.

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Estandarización de ODF versus de Office XML, capítulo Ecuador

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Rafael Bonifaz me manda el siguiente (y, dicho sea de paso, muy interesante) mensaje de correo sobre la discusión de Office XML:

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El software, los virus y las ropas del Emperador

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

Hace muy poco, un oficial del equipo de seguridad de Microsoft comentó que “el problema del phishing (engaño informático) es que no existe un parche para la estupidez humana”.

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Posted in Free software, Information security, Linux, Microsoft, Programming | 4 Comments »