The File Format Standards Conundrum
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| One major reason for such anti-XML sentiment is that Microsoft does not
| intend to support its own standard. According to Microsoft once OOXML becomes
| a standard, it will have a governing body outside of Microsoft therefore it
| cannot guarantee if that governing body's decisions will be acceptable by
| itself.
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http://www.cxotoday.com/India/Editors_Speak/The_File_Format_Standards_Conundrum/551-87899-904.html
Here is the South African government against OOXML and software patents:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-443526201833707871&hl=en (Geraldine
Fraser-Moleketi)
Related:
SA minister slams software patents
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| In a taped address for the Idlelo 3 conference, Fraser-Moleketi said
| that “open standards are a critical factor in building interoperable systems
| that are important to governments … In South African we have a document - the
| minimum interoperability standards - which includes the use of open document
| format or ODF.”
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| Fraser-Moleketi pointed out that ODF was adopted as an ISO standard in 2006.
| She said that it was “unfortunate that the leading vendor of proprietary
| office software, which enjoys considerable dominance in the market, chose not
| to participate and support ODF in its products but rather to develop its own
| competing document standard, which is now also awaiting judgement in the ISO
| process.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2304
SA Government's OSS plans revealed
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| Migration of current systems is also planned. This will be done in a phased
| approach, beginning with applications such as replacing MS Office with Open
| Office or KOffice and replacing Internet Explorer with Firefox. This will in
| time lead up to the operating system, replacing Windows with a Linux
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| distribution. Migration to Apache for the running of government websites has
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| already occurred within a number of departments.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1684
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