TechBytes Episode 74: Charles-H. Schulz on ODF, OOXML, and LibreOffice

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2012-08-06 10:43:35 UTC
Modified: 2012-08-12 23:09:55 UTC

Techbytes 2012
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Summary: Charles-H. Schulz from LibreOffice/TDF and Mandriva joins us for this fun episode which covers important but long-forgotten issues

TECHRIGHTS has been deeply involved in the ODF/OOXML controversy, peaking about 5 years ago. Back then, OpenOffice.org was powerful and LibreOffice did not exist just yet. In today's show with Charles-H. Schulz (whom we interviewed before) we learn how and why LibreOffice was conceived. We also speak about the LibreOffice OOXML project which is supported by German and Swiss municipalities.

Charles-H. Schulz OOXML -- "whatever pseudo format this really is," as Charles puts it -- is being compared to ODF in terms of progress. We don't delve deeply into the corruption associated with OOXML so as to keep the show light, polite, and not fury-inspiring. We also speak about the role of IBM, the TDF with its stakeholders, Oracle, and Apache. With over 10 years of involvement in the field Charles helps shed light on many other matters surrounding LibreOffice. This episode should prove informative and wide-ranging, confined to just an hour although Charles and I can speak on those matters for many hours.

In the midst of this episode we play "My Patriotism" by Serengeti and we end with "My Sea" by CALLmeKAT.

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Past shows in this series:

Show overview	Show title
Episode 66: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 66: First of the Second Series
Episode 67: Tim and Roy	TechBytes Episode 67: Nokia Down, Android Up
Episode 68: Roy	TechBytes Episode 68: Solo With Patents, Apple Bans, and Android World Domination
Episode 69: Roy and Richard Stallman	TechBytes Episode 69: Richard Stallman on Restricted Boot (UEFI), Coreboot, GRUB, and Boot Freedom
Episode 70: Roy and Richard Stallman	TechBytes Episode 70: Richard Stallman on How Browsers and Social Networking Sites Facilitate Surveillance
Episode 71: Roy and Richard Stallman	TechBytes Episode 71: Richard Stallman on Surveillance, the NSA, and Mobile Phones
Episode 72: Roy and Richard Stallman	TechBytes Episode 72: Richard Stallman on News Sources Bias, GPL.next Misinformation, and Software Patents
Episode 73: Roy and Richard Stallman	TechBytes Episode 73: Richard Stallman on Corporate Secrecy and US Politics

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TechBytes Episode 74: Charles-H. Schulz on ODF, OOXML, and LibreOffice

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