As promised, some considered reflections on OOoCon 2006. If OOoCon 2005 was the friendly conference, then OOoCon 2006 was surely the glittering conference. A major conference theme this year was that ODF had secured the “glittering prize” of ISO accreditation. The increasing recognition of OpenOffice.org in European public administrations was reflected in the civic reception [...]

This is definitely the year when WiFi became “normal practice” for me – in the hotel, in the conference rooms and grounds of INSA… Having said that, I’m blogging this offline at a tram station for upload later – maybe next year the world will be WiFied? For now, the second day’s activities at OOoCon [...]

Pride comes before a fall… I thought I was an expert in the Lyon public transport. However, before jumping onto the first bus which comes, it is wise to ensure it is the correct bus. So, an interesting ride into the heart of Lyon and back out again during the rush hour. So much for [...]

Another 6.30 alarm call. I’ve sorted the journey to the conference centre though – a bus, five minute walk, then tram – all one ticket (Eur 1.50 for a journey of up to an hour on any form of public transport). The bus stops all have electronic real-time displays, and the trams look new and [...]

Today is pre-OOoCon day, for mostly internal community meetings. I had planned on a leisurely day with nothing to do until the Marketing project meeting at 11 – then Louis asked me if I could go to Community Council at 9. So much for the lie-in. So, an early breakfast (classe economique again – but [...]

Yes, it’s OpenOffice.org Annual Conference (OOoCon) time again. OOoCon officially opens to the world on Tuesday, but my journey started on Sunday with a 6.30 drive to the airport, EasyJet from Edinburgh to Stanstead, and lo and behold find myself behind two OOo folks in the check-in queue at Stanstead, and so on to Lyon. [...]

I was interested by some comments from Anthony Picardi, IDC’s senior vice president of global software research, quoted in Linux-Watch …open source-software is being used by 71 percent of the developers in the world and is in production at 54 percent of their organizations. In addition, half of the global developers claim that the use [...]