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If corrupt, vote for OOXML

The terrible "standards" process for Open Office XML (OOXML) just got a new wrinkle today. Electronic Frontier Finland analyzed the OOXML results and compared them to the Corruptions Perceptions Index. Guess what? There is a material correlation between the two.

Surprise, surprise. Put into logical language, all crooks vote for OOXML. :-)

Of course, the data/correlation needs to be taken with a grain of salt (or maybe the Salt Flats), but the one thing that is probably not at issue is that the process was tainted by corruption, however benevolently some may want to spin it. It'… Read more

Larry Lessig leaves the room...but enters another

True, he told us five years ago that he was moving on, but then he didn't. But now, I think Larry has left the free culture movement "for real," as he announced today. Larry was my mentor and thesis advisor at Stanford Law School, and someone for whom I have a tremendous amount of respect (though he hated me when I took Open Sources from him - I contradicted every point he made, as I was heavily skewed toward proprietary open source back then).

What will he be doing now? Focusing on reducing "corruption," as he defines it:… Read more