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December 4th, 2006, by Rich, in SVG, Semantic Computing, Tech.
November 17th, 2006, by Rich, in Open Source, Open Standards.
I count myself lucky that I discovered Xara’s drawing tools many years ago.
When Xara Studio was released it caused real consternation among the businesses that were producing vector art packages because it was years ahead of the competition in both features and (most importantly) speed. The main competition (Corel) was so worried, that it licensed the product and released it alongside it’s flagship “Corel DRAW!” product.
It beats me how they’re going to keep paying the bills though… More…
July 3rd, 2006, by Rich, in Advertising, Google, Open Standards.
The possibly-too-quick-for-it’s-own-good rise of Google has set them up squarely as the new arch rival to Microsoft, and their latest advertising angle suggests more than a mild concern over the pre-installed applications in Microsoft’s looming Windows Vista, which is now in Beta testing. More…
September 7th, 2005, by Rich, in Google, Nice Things, Open Standards, Politics.
Chris Samuel, pictured (naturally) with a cup of tea here, has just posted this wonderfully cogent message regarding the importance of open standards in government IT. More…
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