# Romania says yes to OOXML once again

Posted: Mar 27, 2008, under Romania, Morals&Politics, Standards. Add a comment!

On March 26, Dan Matei, the president of CT210, the Technical Comittee within ASRO in charge of OOXML, made public the results of Romania's decision regarding the adoption of OOXML as an ISO standard: 15 votes for it, 6 votes against and 5 abstentions. Read on for the dirty details.

# Hacking and the real world

Posted: Mar 13, 2008, under IT today, Security. Add a comment!

I was reading an article by Adrian Spinei and, not for the first time, it made me think about how our society likes to consider computer hacking similar to physical aggression, invasion of personal space or privacy violations. It wouldn’t be so bad if just the uninformed masses had the wrong idea. But it doesn’t seem [...]

# Agregarea de trafic: furt sau practică acceptată?

Posted: Mar 10, 2008, under SEO, IT today, Romania, Morals&Politics, [În română]. Add a comment!

Se dau două site-uri: unul nou, unul vechi şi cu trafic mare. Cele două îşi comasează traficul în sistemele de tracking. Este un furt sau o practică perfect normală?

# OOXML: What happened in Romania

Posted: Sep 27, 2007, under Romania, Standards. Add a comment!

This article presents my research regarding what went down in Romania as part of the process that allowed national standard organizations to express their position on the proposed ISO/IEC DIS 29500 specification, known as OOXML.

# ODF contra OOXML

Posted: Aug 20, 2007, under Romania, Morals&Politics, Standards, [În română]. Add a comment!

Domneşte o mare confuzie în rîndul publicului românesc în jurul OOXML, în general, şi al acceptării sale ca standard ISO, precum şi a comparaţiei cu ODF, în particular. Să încercăm să risipim măcar parţial această confuzie.

# Sclavul IT român: mic ghid de supravieţuire (I)

Posted: Jul 13, 2007, under IT today, Romania, [În română]. Add a comment!

Acest ghid intenţionează să prezinte o serie de realităţi relevante pentru industria IT în România, din punctul de vedere al celor ce formează marea masă de lucrători IT. Această primă parte enumeră o serie de lucruri esenţiale pe care cei care activează în domeniu ar trebui să le ştie şi să nu le uite niciodată.

# Important changes in store for the .ro ccTLD

Posted: Jun 28, 2007, under Romania, Morals&Politics. Add a comment!

After more than a decade of amateurish management and abuse, .ro domains may finally undergo important changes. Read on to see what went wrong, how wrong it went, what should be done and what is supposed to happen come this autumn.

# How to speak SQL in the shower

Posted: Jun 6, 2007, under SQL, Random stuff. Add a comment!

How to mix SQL prepared statements with gettext and get a shower of benefits in return.

# Romanian politicians still resist the OLPC project

Posted: Dec 15, 2006, under Romania, Morals&Politics. Add a comment!

Back in July I was writing how the Information and Technology Minister, Mr. Zsolt Nagy, was expressing a negative opinion about a project which would bring 5 million 100$ dollar laptops to Romania. Back then, the Minister proved he didn’t do his basic homework in regard to this project. But it wasn’t his place to [...]

# The elusive blogosphere

Posted: Nov 2, 2006, under IT today, Romania. Add a comment!

Blogging seems to have reached a new level of awareness in Romania. It's in the news, it's cool, and recently it's in the sights of advertising people. So it looks like a good time to debunk some of the myths surrounding the ever elusive "blogosphere".

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