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What is jOpenDocument?
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| jOpenDocument is a free library for developers looking to use Open Document
| files without OpenOffice.org.
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| jOpenDocument is Open Source (under GPL or commercial license).
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http://www.jopendocument.org/
How Microsoft Ratted Itself Out Of Office
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| Microsoft dodged a bullet in Massachusetts, but realized that if its Office
| productivity suite wasn’t adopted as a de jure standard, rather than merely a
| de facto monopoly, it would eventually lose customers who were mandated by
| law to use only standards-based applications. That’s why it fought tooth and
| nail to convince ISO to adopt OOXML as a standard — even if that meant
| publishing its entire specification.
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http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002617/how-microsoft-ratted-itself-out-of-office/
Recent:
Battle for multi-billion dollar e-governance projects hots up
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| Incidentally, there has never been a more intense global industry debate
| over ‘open standards’. On the one hand is Microsoft’s Office Open XML (OOXML)
| file format backed by Apple, Novell, Wipro, Infosys, TCS, and Nasscom. On the
| other is the Open Document Format (ODF), supported by the likes of IBM, Sun
| Microsystems, Red Hat, Google, the Department of Information Technology
| (DIT), National Informatics Centre (NIC), CDAC, IIT-Mumbai and IIM-Ahmedabad.
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| India recently maintained its earlier stance of “No” to the software major’s
| OOXML (which has been accepted by the International Organisation for
| Standardisation (ISO) as an international standard).
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| ODF proponents oppose OOXML on the grounds that “multiple standards” are not
| good, while Microsoft argues that OOXML — a recognised standard by ECMA
| International too — is a response to evolving technology formats in line with
| continual evolving technology systems. The debate appears to be a proxy for
| product competition in the marketplace, argue opponents. It is significant,
| in part, because it will influence the future success of Microsoft Office —
| one of Microsoft’s largest and most profitable product families.
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| Governments are wary of holding digital data in proprietary formats, which
| could make them hostage to a software vendor. States such as Delhi, Kerala
| and others from the North-East are heavy adopters of ODF file formats which
| are open and free (excluding maintenance and support).
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http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/battle-for-multi-billion-dollar-e-governance-projects-hots-up/363310/
Norway: ODF is in - OOXML is out
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| The Norwegian government has made a clear statement in a new catalog covering
| data standards of various purposes.
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http://lodahl.blogspot.com/2009/07/norway-odf-is-in-ooxml-is-out.html
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