Is OOXML now really dead? Stuart McKee was well prepared when he entered the stage at the 2008 Red Hat Summit in Boston. "There is press in the audience?" he asked seconds before. And he made his opening statement. "ODF has clearly won." - the other panelists looked at him. Surprised. After all the fights by the community against OOXML, the four appeals, the investigation by the european union, microsoft surrenders? Time will tell what happens next. I am happy. A clear statement by Microsoft. No FUD. let's wait how they work with the ODF TC.
While checking in for my flight to Athens I noticed how quite some people were working on the Transrapid. I took some pictures. After I returned, I wanted to know what they did. The answer was simple. Its gone. No more Transrapid. I guess it is now in whatever museum.
