Daily Archives: October 2nd, 2007

Avoid use of jargon. “IBMers have developed a lingo all their own, but jargon confuses people”

IBM recently published a short article on the internal home page , “Grammar 101: Part V — Avoid clutter and get to the point.” It begins as follows, “The Grammar Guru is back. In this installment, Grammar Guru and VP Jeff Cross [VP name blocked] addresses clear and concise writing. [1]
The article continues:

“Clutter is [...]

Hurry Up Please, It’s Time: NECC Call For Proposals Closes October 3, 2007

FYI, I just got the following via email from Steve Hargadon:

The NECC call for proposals closes tomorrow, October 3rd, and I’m just making sure that the Free and Open Source Software folks who would be interested in presenting in San Antonio get those proposal in!
NECC 2008 Call For Proposals.

links for 2007-10-02

Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2007 – Orlando
I won’t attend, nor should you. If you want useful guidance about matters open-source then do as I do. Visit redmonk.com.
(tags: open-souce clueless-gartner cluedin-redmonk)

Why GPLv3 Will Supplant GPLv2 | Linux Journal
Glyn’s musings on gplv3. His posts are always worth a read.
(tags: open-source gplv2 gplv3 glyn-moody via:lwn.net)

O’Reilly Network — To Sir, with [...]

Announcing the formation of The Chay Project, and an invitation to be become a co-founder of the project

This is to announce the formation of “The Chay Project” (TCP), and to seek your participation in it as a co-founder.
I sent the following note to several trusted colleagues and friends on September 26, 2007. I then forwarded a copy to Cathy Min Chay, SSgt. Kyu Hyuk Chay’s widow.

This is to announce the formation [...]

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