Diamond Age Solutions News for the IT Industry

Sat Sep 1 12:37:31 NZST 2007

Today Index

Sweden changes its vote on the Microsoft OOXML draft standard to an abstain, after voting irregularities are discovered:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070830155109351

Standards New Zealand casts a "no" vote with comments on the Microsoft OpenXML draft standard, and suggests it be a technical report:
http://www.standards.org.nz/news-and-seminars/current-news/New+Zealand+casts+Open+XML+vote.htm

Windows Vista Service Pack Beta SP1 is out:
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2007/08/29/announcing-the-windows-vista-service-pack-1-beta.aspx

Engadget reports on Nokia's iPhone clone:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/29/nokias-iphone-no-seriously/

Cannonical names the next Ubuntu release "Hardy Heron 8.04" which will be the next long-term support version:
http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1017

And finally. Now anyone who wishes to make a sincere appeal to all New Zealanders can do so easily, with Matthew's Sincerity Generator:
http://holloway.co.nz/sincerity-generator

News collated from various sources by Vik Olliver for Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. The views presented in this document are the personal opinion of the collator, and should not be taken as any more than that.