Heed Microsoft’s move, adopt OpenDocument: OSIA
OSIA’s response to the Microsoft ODF ruse — welcoming, but with a very appropriate sting in the tail.
(tags: press osia odf microsoft)
Havaard Nord, co-CEO of Trolltech
Aftermath of the IPO.
(tags: trolltech qt qtopia)
Film Trailer: Comedian
One of my favourite film trailers of all time, which came up in conversations at GUADEC. “A robot, renegade cop!”
(tags: movie trailer jerry seinfeld comedian)
Printing, theming improved in GTK 2.10 release
Good overview of the platform improvements in GTK+ 2.10 from Ars Technica
(tags: press gtk+ gnome)
Interview with Mark Spencer
Asterisk adopts a six-month, (quasi?) time-based release cycle — release management is now a “business edition” differentiator!
(tags: asterisk release management)
Trolltech IPO - First Day of Trading
Trolltech begins trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange today, under the symbol “TROLL”.
“Do not have any attachments, do not have anything in your life you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you spot the heat around the corner.” — Neil McCauley (Robert DeNiro) in Heat
Revealed: The identity of the BBC’s latest star
Guy Goma mistaken for Guy Kewney on BBC’s 24-hour news channel — wet-your-pants uncomfortable humour
(tags: bbc television mistaken identity)
Why Mark Pilgrim uses Matroska
Documentation, subtitles, tools and CPU: Why Mark Pilgrim uses Matroska/Vorbis/XVID instead of Ogg/Vorbis/Theora
(tags: ogg vorbis theora matroska digital video)
Honda - Choir
Exceptional tv ad from Honda — firmly on the light […]
“Our species’ survival depends on how fast we embrace the moral shift from ‘patriot’ to ‘global citizen’.” — Chris Anderson, curator of TED, as quoted on a Starbucks cup
The linux.conf.au 2007 Call for Participation is now open, so if you’re keen to join us in Sydney for one of the world’s great Open Source and Free Software conferences, submit a proposal now.
