ODF Alliance: ODF Government Adoptions: A Global View of ODF Policy
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| Approved as an international standard (ISO 26300:2006) in May 2006,
| OpenDocument Format (ODF) has achieved growing acceptance as the document
| format of choice for governments around the world. Below are examples of
| policy actions taken by governments to promote the adoption of ODF and ensure
| the benefits of access, choice, interoperability and cost savings.
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http://www.odfalliance.org/resources/Adoptions20Dec2007.pdf
Microsoft Drops Old Software Support from OOXML to Satisfy Standards Groups
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| As of his readers named "tz" says in the comments to Russell's post,
| Microsoft's latest move is more about politics than true standards compliance
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http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/12/microsoft-drops.html
Quote for the day:
"Even for the next ten years, [DOS] will have a significant role to play."
--Bill Gates, Timeline of Microcomputers (1990-1992)
Related:
ODF happening in Berlin
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| This should be a good event to get the pulse on ODF adoption in Europe.
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http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=408
South Africa adopts ODF as govt standard
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| The South African government yesterday announced the adoption of OpenDocument
| Format (ODF) as a standard for government communications.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=$id&src=digg
Netherlands Picks ODF
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| Frank Heemskerk, Minister of Economic Affairs, announced today that ODF will
| be the standard for reading, publishing and the exchange of information for
| all governmental organisations. The deadline is January 2009.
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http://gotze.eu/2007/09/netherlands-picks-odf.html
Malaysia formally embraces open doc format
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| The Malaysian government today announced plans to adopt open standards and
| the Open Document Format (ODF) within the country's public sector.
|
| [...]
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| In July this year, Japan became the first country in the Asia-Pacific region
| to embrace open software standards. Last August, the United Nations urged
| countries in the region to adopt the ODF.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62030781,00.htm
Government of Japan Embraces Open Software Standards
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| The OpenDocument Format Alliance (ODF Alliance), the leading organization
| advocating for openness and accessibility to government documents and
| information, today congratulated Japan for adopting a policy under which
| government ministries and agencies will solicit bids from software vendors
| whose products support internationally recognized open standards.
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http://www.govtech.com/gt/126612?topic=117674
Opendocument_adoption
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| Contents
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| * 1 United States
| o 1.1 Massachusetts
| + 1.1.1 References
| o 1.2 Other states and organizations in the US
| + 1.2.1 References
| * 2 Europe
| o 2.1 EU Definition of an open standard
| o 2.2 United Kingdom
| + 2.2.1 Bristol City Council
| o 2.3 Belgium
| o 2.4 Finland
| o 2.5 Slovakia
| * 3 Other governments
| o 3.1 Australia
| o 3.2 India
| o 3.3 Japan
| o 3.4 Malaysia
| o 3.5 Peru
| o 3.6 Vietnam
| o 3.7 Other
| * 4 See also
| * 5 References
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opendocument_adoption
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