Quotes of the Day Archive
No one wants to be stuck with a losing standard
May 14, 2012 – Nathan Ingraham, commenting on the launch of a second wireless power consortium …Full Story
Every day, about two million products that contain IEEE 802.11-based technology for wireless communications are shipped around the world
May 9, 2012 – IEEE 802.11 working group chair Bruce Kraemer, on the occastion of the release of the latest WiFi standard version …Full Story
[T]o accept that the functionality of a computer program can be protected by copyright would amount to making it possible to monopolise ideas, to the detriment of technological progress and industrial development
May 3, 2012 – Court of Justice of the European Union, Judgment in SAS Institute Inc. v World Programming Ltd …Full Story
Federal data should be published online in electronic formats that make the data easy to search, sort and download
April 18, 2012 – Statement at the just launched Data Transparency Coalition Web site …Full Story
We are a very patent-holder-friendly country in Germany, to a fault
April 11, 2012 – German SME trade association managing director Johannes Sommer …Full Story
Errors are for Wimps
April 6, 2012 – Common Mistake #1: OASIS guidelines for spec writers …Full Story
As unlikely as a shark descending from the sky, jaws open
March 31, 2012 – Dan Kaminsky, describing the likelihood of Anonymous successfully taking down the Internet on 3/31 …Full Story
Negotiating this agreement must have been an enormous task of aligning corporate biases
March 12, 2012 – Simon Phipps, commenting on the expansion of coverage of OIN's defensive patent pool …Full Story
No organization can afford to ignore the potential consequences of a data breach
March 6, 2012 – Rick Kam, president and co-founder of ID Experts, and chair of the PHI Project …Full Story
We all inhabit the castle we just built....To everyone who made this possible, I'm truly grateful
March 1, 2012 – Charles-H. Schulz, commenting on the importance of forming a foundation to protect the future of LibreOffice …Full Story
Motorola is on a path to use standard essential patents to kill video on the Web, and Google as its new owner doesn't seem to be willing to change course
February 22, 2012 – Microsoft VP and Deputy Gen. Counsel Dave Heiner, disclosing a complaint filed by Microsoft with the European Commission …Full Story
The European Commission is a little bit, in this context, like the playground monitor when it comes to U.S. technology companies
February 22, 2012 – Me, commenting to Bloomberg News on Microsoft's complaint …Full Story
We want to get this right
February 21, 2012 – U.K. Minister for Cabinet Office Francis Maude, remarking on the opening of a comment period on the Cabinet Office's recently withdrawn, new open standards policy …Full Story
We did not take this action lightly. We respect the European Commission, and value Microsoft as a customer, supplier, partner, and competitor
February 16, 2012 – Cisco Sr. V.P. Marthin De Beer, revealing that his company asked the European Commission to place conditions on Microsoft's acquisition of Skype …Full Story
A universal digital publishing format for the open web benefits the entire industry and ultimately consumers, who want the freedom to read on their choice of applications and devices
February 15, 2012 – Bill McCoy, Ex. Dir. of the IDPF, announcing a new open source project to create a universal eReader reference implementation …Full Story
The evidence shows that Motorola Mobility has had a long and aggressive history of seeking to capitalize on its intellectual property and has been engaged in extended disputes with Apple, Microsoft and others. As Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility is unlikely to materially alter that policy, the division concluded that transferring ownership of the patents would not substantially alter current market dynamics (translation: "What the hell, they can't be any worse")
February 15, 2012 – U.S. Department of Justice, permitting Google to acquire Motorola Mobility …Full Story
In looking at computer systems of consequence â€" in government, Congress, at the Department of Defense, aerospace, companies with valuable trade secrets â€" we’ve not examined one yet that has not been infected by an advanced persistent threat
February 13, 2012 – Former director of national intelligence Mike McConnell, quoted in the New York Times …Full Story
McAfee, the security company, said that if any employee’s device was inspected at the Chinese border, it could never be plugged into McAfee’s network again. Ever
February 13, 2012 – New York Times article on trade secrets theft by Russia and China …Full Story
In looking at computer systems of consequence â€" in government, Congress, at the Department of Defense, aerospace, companies with valuable trade secrets â€" we’ve not examined one yet that has not been infected by an advanced persistent threat
February 13, 2012 – Former director of national intelligence Mike McConnell, quoted in the New York Times …Full Story
McAfee, the security company, said that if any employee’s device was inspected at the Chinese border, it could never be plugged into McAfee’s network again. Ever
February 13, 2012 – New York Times article on trade secrets theft by Russia and China …Full Story
The W3C is emblematic of the inclusive, multistakeholder approach that is critical to the continued development, operation, and use of the open, global Internet
February 9, 2012 – Internet Society Board Chair RaĂşl EcheberrĂa, announcing a $1 million grant to the W3C …Full Story
Looks like they truly do mean to live free
February 7, 2012 – David Wheeler, commenting on New Hampshire's new open source/open format/open data law …Full Story
I see this as just one more bit of proof that LibreOffice, not OpenOffice, represents the future of open-source office suites
January 31, 2012 – Journalist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, commenting on IBM's announcement that it will abandon support for Symphony in favor of Apache OpenOffice …Full Story
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