Polish National Interoperability Framework promotes Open Standards
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| This basically means that Microsoft’s Office Open XML will not be
| treated as open standard, thus not preferred in Polish e-Government
| services, making OpenDocument Format the office standard of choice.
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http://polishlinux.org/gnu/polish-national-interoperability-framework-promotes-open-standards/
Related:
Polish KDE Community Announces KDE.org.pl Web Site
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| KDE.org.pl has been established with a small editorial staff, an
| extension of the "KDE Press Team PL" established earlier this year
| to improve communications and contact between KDE and the Polishm
| edia. Everyone is invited to join.
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http://dot.kde.org/1179085340/
ODF Alliance Hails Brazil, India, Italy, and Poland for Recognizing
OpenDocument Format
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| The OpenDocument Format Alliance (ODF Alliance), a broad
| cross-section of organizations, academia and industry dedicated
| to improving access to electronic government documents, today
| applauded Brazil's decision to recommend ODF as the government's
| preferred format; India's decision to use ODF at a major state
| government agency; and Italy's decision to recognize ODF as
| national standard.
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| The Alliance also recognized Poland, too, for demonstrating serious
| interest in adopting ODF in the wake of a national meeting held for
| its government with broad participants from industry and non-profit
| agencies.
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http://www5.sys-con.com/read/306120_p.htm
When is a standard not a standard?
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| OOXML's method of dealing with the problem in effect locks out
| all applications that are not Microsoft Office, whereas ODF's
| method keeps the standard vendor neutral and usable by any
| office suite
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/2110
Sun slams Ecma's OpenXML OK
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| "Make sure you follow how well the Novell and Corel implementations
| do," he wrote. "If they falter, watch out for those who try to blame
| those companies or open source itself, when the root of the problem
| may be with the Microsoft Office OpenXML spec in the first place."
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http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2170681/sun-slams-ecma-openxml-ok
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