Month: November 2009
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Autism Western Cape and Kilimanjaro
Completely unrelated to computers however more importantly, Gerhard from AWC and a team of volunteers are attempting to summit Kilimanjaro, all on their 1st attempt. Not only is this a very worthwhile cause but a friend of mine, Neil Stewart, is on the team and I wish him all the luck on the world –…
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The OOXML gravy train continues
It seems that the Microsoft-dominated SC34/WG4 committee responsible for maintaining the ISO/IEC 29500 standard ( Microsoft’s submitted document format standard ) is now making changes outside the scope of the mandated rules, in a possible attempt at bringing the standard more in line with MS Office 2007. There is a clear delineation in the rules…