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Re: Russia Wants OpenDocument Format

____/ Ramon F Herrera on Friday 21 September 2007 06:16 : \____

> On Sep 20, 4:25 pm, "ness...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
> <ness...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Sep 20, 12:50 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Russia is latest country to move towards OpenDocument format and open
>> > standards
>>
>> > ,----[ Quote ]
>> > | 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."
>> > `----
>>
>> >http://www.itrportal.com/absolutenm/templates/article-docsoft.aspx?ar...
>>
>> > Meanwhile, schools move to Linux as well.
>>
>> > Yesterday:
>>
>> > Netherlands Picks ODF
>>
>> > ,----[ Quote ]
>> > | 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.
>> > `----
>>
>> >http://gotze.eu/2007/09/netherlands-picks-odf.html
>>
>> > Related:
>>
>> > Microsoft accused of ballot stuffing in standards vote
>>
>> > ,----[ Quote ]
>> > | 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."
>> > `----
>>
>> >http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/08/29/microsoft_ooxml_sweeden_r...
>>
>> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opendocument_adoption
>>
>> > ,----[ Quote ]
>> > | 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
> 
> In the UN and other international forums, every country gets ONE vote.
> 
> -Ramon

That's an idealistic view. What happens when one buys the votes of others, in
which case the wealth of a country can be used to buy influence?

Case of point:

Corrupt countries were more likely to support the OOXML document format

,----[ Quote ]
| Is this just a random coincidence? The median of the CPI index of the above 
| mentioned 70 countries is 3.95. Of the most corrupted half (CPI index less 
| than 3.95) 23 or 77% voted for approval (approval or approval with comments) 
| and 7 or 23% for disapproval; 5 abstained. Of the least corrupted half (CPI 
| index more than 3.95) 13 or 54% voted for approval and 11 or 46% voted for 
| disapproval; 11 abstained - see the table below.      
`----

http://www.effi.org/blog/kai-2007-09-05.en.html

Microsoft accused of more OOXML standards fiddling 

,----[ Quote ]
| However the 11 new countries are refusing to say how they will vote. These 
| include Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Ecuador, Jamaica, Lebanon, Malta, Pakistan, 
| Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay and Venezuela. Most people seem to think 
| that these have been put there by Vole to make sure the standard gets pushed 
| through.    
`----

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42106

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