formats – Just another Linux geek

4 February, 20104 February, 2010FOSS, Tech

Trying to kill Theora – MPEG LA extends royalty free use of H.264 for Internet streaming

So the MPEG LA has extended the royalty free life of Internet streaming H.264 video from the end of 2010 to the end of 2016. The majority of patents expire […]

1 February, 2010FOSS

Norway 2010: Government websites must use open formats

An interesting story of Norway enforcing public sector websites to use open formats, such as PDF and ODF for documents, in order to lower the bar for accessibility. Taking effect […]

29 September, 200929 September, 2009Tech

Even Microsoft can’t get OOXML right..

That’s right, even Microsoft can’t get their own data format right. Readers commented on an article about 2008 Service Pack 2 that it broke their existing OOXML files: I am […]