Back to the late 1970s way of plain text writing
I got my first personal computer, the Altair 8800, in 1975. It came as a kit and included only the parts to build a case, power supply, an 18-slot card cage (with four slots available), an 8080-based...
View ArticleReplacing Word with MultiMarkdown – Part 1
I have never been a great fan of Microsoft’s Word. I avoid it as much as I can and use it only to open files I receive. It is, however, the de-facto Word-processing app and file format in use,...
View ArticleReplacing Word with MultiMarkdown – Part 2
In Part 1 of my article about “Replacing Word with MultiMarkdown” I provided my reasons for doing so. This part will address the features supported and challenges that may exist in getting free of...
View ArticleReplacing Word With MultiMarkdown – Part 3
Part 1 provided my reasons for “Replacing Word with MultiMarkdown” and in Part 2 I addressed the features supported and challenges that may exist in getting free of Word. In this final part, I am...
View ArticleSwitching to Linux
As I mentioned in my last posting, 2016 New Year’s Resolution, I installed last summer Ubuntu Linux on my new Web Server and laptop. Over the holidays I got thinking; what is keeping me from using...
View ArticleWhy I switched back to Linux
As mention before my main reason to switch to Linux was to escape from all the proprietary, controlled environments, services, tools and software that we all become depended on over decades of...
View ArticleBusiness Semantic Interoperability – Part 1
The latest buzz phrase in the technology world is Interoperability, everyone wants it! The one of special interest to me is business semantic interoperability (BSI). Over the last 20 years lots of...
View ArticleBusiness Semantic Interoperability – Part 2
In part 1 I talked about the technical solutions that are all about interoperability at the interchange level, more precise, at the message standards level. Sadly, message developers in different...
View ArticleBusiness Semantic Interoperability – Part 3
A quick update on my progress in regard to the work on LinguMatic. To recap, the LinguMatic project is my effort to create an “open-source” Business Semantic Thesaurus (BST) to address the...
View ArticleBusiness Semantic Interoperability – Part 4 (Final)
In my last post, Business Semantic Interoperability – Part 3, I mentioned before that the preliminary work was almost completed to get the LinguMatic project off the ground. I now have enough content...
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