On Sep 20, 12:50 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Russia is latest country to move towards OpenDocument format and open standards
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> | The stated rationale for this legislation is that "open standards will
> | contribute to an increased number of bidders for government contracts and
> | will increase opportunities for Russian software developers... [and] the
> | problem of interoperability will be addressed as will the ability to access
> | information into the future."
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> http://www.itrportal.com/absolutenm/templates/article-docsoft.aspx?ar...
>
> Meanwhile, schools move to Linux as well.
>
> Yesterday:
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> 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
>
> Related:
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> Microsoft accused of ballot stuffing in standards vote
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> | The Russian Government has taken a step towards endorsing ODF through an
> | e-government program that would mandate use of software that conforms
> | to "widely used standards" in all government contracts.
> |
> | According to the Russian Ministry of Information Technologies and
> | Communications "within the project to form an e-government concept in the
> | Russian Federation, support of ISO/IEC 26300: 2006 is planned."
> |
> | The move has been welcomed by the Open Document Format Alliance, which said
> | in a statement that Russia is "sending a message worldwide that software
> | should be affordable, innovative and accessible, now and for the foreseeable
> | future."
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>
> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/08/29/microsoft_ooxml_sweeden_r...
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opendocument_adoption
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> | Contents
> |
> | * 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
> `----
The trolls are making fun of the smallness of some of the countries
where FOSS or open standards are being adopted, but the drumbeat is
really getting impressive. The trolls also love to draw attention to
the limitations of FOSS without mentioning how much it has improved in
the last couple of years or how much it is likely to improve further
in the future (that is, the derivative is very favorable). What this
adoption means is that the second derivative is also very favorable.
It not only means good times for companies that are involved in Linux
now, but hopefully will lead to new business opportunities and further
improvements in the software base.
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