12th
ODF workshop
Well the ODF workshop is over and the slides are available on the website http://www.odfworkshop.com/agenda.html . There are a few presentations that are outstanding that will be available soon, audio should be available in a week or two.
I was surprised to find myself emotional about a conference but I was really glad to see all the people who had responded to our invitation and also the apologies from those who could not attend for reasons beyond their control. I was also a bit nervous and managed to botch a few introductons (sorry Bob) and the welcome. We missed Bob Jolliffe who was an important part of the electronic documentation committee, the team that put the conference together.
I have not really had the time to sit back and reflect on the event but I hope to share some of my thoughts. There were keywords and themes that stuck out for me and I will jot them down here roughly to help me for future blogs.
“ODF has clearly won” but we need to build on it, the ODF world map is growing, Open standards organisations- what needs to be done - Bob Sutor
Be the change . it’s about collaboration and community, both the hare and the tortoise can win. -Justice Yatindra Singh
You can’t stop what’s coming - Peter Strikx
Build acceptance and commitment - Paulo Maia
Let our voices and requirements be heard - Carlos Machado
Show success stories - Tan King Ing
It’s about sovereignty - Carlos González
Openness is important for security - Martin Bierwirth
Our user requirements should shape future development - Jomar Silva
It’s about strengthening our democracy, we need all players to participate in order to build an inclusive society. It can be done with a hand-full of committed change makers - Arun Madhavan Pillai
“It’s about FREEDOM” - Simon Phipps
Simon’s presentation summed it up nicely for me, we strayed from open standards into open source ocassionaly. But from the perspective that Simon gave, that should not be a problem as we are after the same goal. I can’t mention substituitability because Simon has a trademark on that :)
“ALL IS LOST” and finally the “southern coalition” had a discussion after the conference on Standards Organisations in the light of recent events in document standard setting and we have some ideas on what needs to be done next. watch this space as we will be working on “setting rules for the game”. ( Simon might have a trademark on that, too)
