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BlackBerry to Support OpenDocument Format
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| One of the biggest barriers to introducing new, open formats like ODF is the
| lock-in of platforms to Microsoft's dominant Office formats. This makes
| winning support for as many different environments as possible critically
| important, because it removes what might be an insuperable obstacle to
| rolling out ODF within a company.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=1776
Blackberries to support OpenDocument Format
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| Its official. Those prevalent Blackberry devices will support ODF natively
| mid 2009, as announced by RIM's co-CEO Jim Balsillie, during IBM's Lotusphere
| conference...
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http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2009/01/blackberries-to-support-opendocument-format.html
Recent:
LCA2009: Why ODF should be the chosen one
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| It is difficult to know whether Louis Suarez-Potts, community manager at
| OpenOffice.org, was conscious at any point today of the irony of criticising
| proprietary software while making a presentation using a MacBook.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22826/1090/
Four alternatives to Microsoft Office
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| Microsoft Office is so common that very few computer users are even aware
| that there are many good, and often free, alternatives to the software. Here
| are four of the better alternatives.
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| OpenOffice.org
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| This has to be the number one alternative to Microsoft Office. The open
| source productivity tool includes all of the features offered by MS Office
| but for free. Version 3.0 of OpenOffice was released earlier this year and it
| includes full compatibility with documents created in Microsoft Office, the
| biggest stumbling block to switching to a new office suite.
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http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Software/6436.html
ODF Annual Report 2008
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| The OpenDocument Format Alliance (ODF Alliance) is an
| organization of governments,
| academic institutions, associations and
| industry dedicated to educating policy makers, IT
| administrators and the public on the
| benefits and opportunities of ODF. Launched in March
| 2006, the ODF Alliance includes 584
| member organizations in 63 countries.
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http://www.odfalliance.org/resources/Annual-Report-ODF-2008.pdf
Open Document Format Has Been Accepted By 16 Governments
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| The Open Document Format continues to gain ground with governments as the
| format in which they wish to create important documents, despite Microsoft's
| Office format, OOXML, being recognized as an international standard as well.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/enterpriseapps/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=XVB21TSOTSDSSQSNDLPCKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=212700444&_requestid=293222&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_Windows&_requestid=442662
http://tinyurl.com/99y9um
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