Category Archives: Interoperability

eGovernment Interoperability Frameworks, time for a rethink?

Posted on March 13, 2009 by oliver

Almost ten years ago I was involved in the process to write one of the first eGovernment Interoperability Frameworks, the eGIF work in the UK. At the time we had some big interoperability decisions to make, ones that were fundamental … Continue reading →

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Twenty five technology blunders & IPv6

Posted on February 23, 2009 by oliver

Infoworld’s Neil McAllister has compiled a list of what he counts as the top twenty greatest blunders in tech history. Some of them are not quite so much blunders as they are examples of entrepreneurs or innovations that missed the … Continue reading →

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Cooperation with Red Hat on Virtualization

Posted on February 18, 2009 by oliver

There is lots of chatter all over the web about this today, here is the link to Mary Jo-Foley’s blog; The deal, announced on February 16, has two components, according to a posting to Microsoft’s Port 25 open-source blog. Red … Continue reading →

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Various Microsoft related interop resources

Posted on February 15, 2009 by oliver

During my session Q&A at the Taiwan Academic Summit in Taitung over the weekend I promised to share links to resources and information about the work we’re doing to improve interoperability across both our products and the industry. Here are … Continue reading →

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Silverlight 2.0 plug-in for Eclipse now available (eclipse4SL)

Posted on February 10, 2009 by oliver

Jean-Christophe Cimetiere has some more information this morning about the tools that are being built to allow Eclipse developers build content for Silverlight 2.0, I first shared the outline of this project in October last year. His post this includes … Continue reading →

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How Interoperability drives Innovation

Posted on February 10, 2009 by oliver

Michael Schrage has an interesting piece in this mornings FT where he talks about how Interoperability is driving Innovation in various markets. Michael teaches and runs workshops on "innovation economics" and new product development as part of the MIT executive … Continue reading →

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ECMA-376 implementation notes for Office 2007 SP2 now published

Posted on January 18, 2009 by oliver

The Office team have been busy again, this time publishing the implementation notes for the 1st edition of ECMA-376 in Office SP2. Doug Mahugh has a full description of where to find the notes and how to use them; Today … Continue reading →

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ODF Implementation Notes for Office 2007 Published

Posted on December 16, 2008 by oliver

My friend and colleague Doug Mahugh appears on Microsoft’s presspass site this morning. He is announcing the publication of our implementation notes for ODF 1.1 in Office 2007. I’m sure he will blog about the details later today. In the … Continue reading →

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Would you sell your IP address?

Posted on November 25, 2008 by oliver

There were several really interesting topics discussed at last weeks IPv6 Summit in Canberra, when I can find the time I’ll write up a little more detail on some of the ideas that I think could really drive breakthroughs in … Continue reading →

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From the Top or the Bottom?

Posted on November 16, 2008 by oliver

In an interview with eWeek late last week Ray Ozzie was asked if he is a personal supporter and proponent of Microsoft’s shift to more interoperable technology, his reply; So, have I been a proponent?  Absolutely.  Absolutely.  And not in … Continue reading →

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