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    The Imperative of Participation
    by Bryan Kirschner on November 09, 2007

    I blogged awhile back about “Microsoft and open source growing together”—more in the sense of concurrency rather than causality. Today I’m blogging about the latter. I’ve found the graphic below to be one of the most powerful visual representations of a basic fact that is often forgotten. The surface area of the globe below represents the total number of the people working in the technology ecosystem... more

    • Friday, November 09, 2007
    • in: Community
    • Bryan Kirschner
    Accessibility on Windows and Linux
    by Sam Ramji on November 08, 2007

    Back in Windows 95, Microsoft made a major contribution to accessibility to computers for people with vision and hearing impairments: MSAA, or Microsoft Active Accessibility. At that time it was an additional download, but from Windows 98 on this technology was built into the OS. MSAA allows users to run screen readers, Braille devices, and other accessibility technologies that work across multiple... more

    • Thursday, November 08, 2007
    • in: Community
    • Sam Ramji
    Shipping Containers and Standardization
    by billhilf on November 28, 2006

    I’m sitting in Istanbul watching ships – big ships with huge loads of containers on board. I recently finished a great book titled The Box, How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, Marc Levinson (2006), a fascinating analysis of the history of the shipping container. It may sound dry, but it’s a very interesting story – particularly of the entrepreneur, Malcom... more

    • Tuesday, November 28, 2006
    • in: Community
    • billhilf
    Sendmail on Sender-ID
    by Sam Ramji on November 20, 2006

    Eric Allman (founder of Sendmail, inventor of Allman notation, original hacker) graciously took some time with me to discuss his take on Microsoft’s opening of the Sender-ID specification. Thank you, Eric!... more

    • Monday, November 20, 2006
    • in: Community
    • Sam Ramji
    Consistency and Standards – an IT Pro’s best bet in crisis
    by admin on April 27, 2006

    Seventeenth Century Philosopher and Author Voltaire wrote “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."... more

    • Thursday, April 27, 2006
    • in: Community
    • admin
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