file format

Copycense points us to a blog post by Timo Boezeman on a book publishing blog, in which he points out that "fighting piracy is the dumbest thing you can do," as a publisher.

There isn't necessarily much new there for regular readers of this site, but it is a nice succinct summary of the issues.

Considering that they've been working on it for about two years no

Datamation: "Too often, FOSS supporters fail to understand corporations -- and, consequently, they are unable to deal effectively with them.

The latest example is the article on Groklaw about Novell's interactions with Microsoft over Microsoft's Office Open XML file format."

Google says the new WebP picture file format is more efficient with 40% smaller file size with little picture quality difference compared to JPEG

Datamation: "Microsoft is taking more steps to make it easier for enterprise and independent developers to create software that runs on top of its Outlook e-mail file format, releasing a pair of associated tools as open source."

Ghacks: "If you've worked in Windows long enough, you have come across the .chm file format. This format is nothing more than a compressed html directory with an included index for easy viewing.

Problem is, you can't view these files in Linux without the help of another tool."

Webopedia: "An open file format enables users of varying office suites to exchange documents, such as text-based documents, spreadsheets, charts, or databases, freely with one another."

PDFs, the file format often used for “official” documents and typically opened with the frustratingly slow Adobe Reader, are starting to get much more manageable, thanks to companies like Scribd and Docstoc, wh

Boycott Novell: "We required a signed license agreement in hand before we’ll send them the docs. They have to tell us who they are and what their company does, as well as their intended use."

Linux Journal: "Next week, I'm taking part in a debate with a Microsoft representative about the passage of the OOXML file format through the ISO process last year.

Since said Microsoftie can draw on the not inconsiderable resources of his organisation to provide him with a little back-up, I thought I'd try to even the odds by putting out a call for help to the unmatched resource that is the Linux Journal community."