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[News] ODF and Other Standards Celebrated and Promoted Across the World

  • Subject: [News] ODF and Other Standards Celebrated and Promoted Across the World
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:27:32 +0100
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Kroes on the effect of the crisis challenges and open platforms (nederlands)

http://arebentisch.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/kroes-on-the-effect-of-the-crisis-challenges-and-open-platforms-nederlands/

Anuncio ODF Plugfest Granada 2010

http://odf.cenatic.es/

OpenOffice.org celebrates Document Freedom Day

http://lwn.net/Articles/381143/

OpenOffice.org celebrates Document Freedom Day

http://press.redhat.com/2010/03/31/celebrate-document-freedom-day/

Public Intervention document freedom day

http://www.greeklug.gr/

Document FreeDom Day

,----[ Quote ]
| OpenOfficeâs default format is ODF only.
| Its Writer saves as âodt â open document 
| textâ.
| Its Spreadsheet saves as âods â open 
| document spreadsheetâ
| Its Impress saves as âodp â open document 
| presentationâ
`----

http://goinggnu.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/document-freedom-day/

Making the Grade With the Open Document Format

,----[ Quote ]
| HOSEF conducts a monthly âOpen Source 
| Pizzaâ so that people can learn more about 
| what is happening with Free and Open 
| Source Software. ThÑÑ presentation is 
| about the adoption of the Open Document 
| Format by the University of Hawaiiâs 
| College of Education.
`----

http://software.newsm8.com/making-the-grade-with-the-open-document-format


Recent:

Introducing ISO ODF 1.1

,----[ Quote ]
| Formally this alignment to ODF 1.1 would
| be done via an amendment to ISO/IEC
| 26300:2006, to add the enhancements from
| OASIS ODF 1.1 â primarily accessibility
| improvements.  The process will look
| something like this:
|
|    1. OASIS submits the full text of ODF
|    1.1 to JTC1 (done)
|    2. The ODF Project Editor will work
|    with SC34/WG6 to prepare the text of an
|    amendment to ISO/IEC 26300.  Think of
|    it as a diff between ODF 1.0 and ODF
|    1.1 (in progress)
|    3. A ballot of  SC4 NBs in what is
|    called an FPDAM (Final Preliminary
|    Draft Amendment)
|    4. A ballot of JTC1 NBs in what is
|    called an FDAM (you guessed it â a
|    Final Draft Amendment)
`----

http://www.robweir.com/blog/2010/04/iso-odf11.html


The importance of Document Freedom Day explained by Microsoft job offer

,----[ Quote ]
| On January 4th, 2010, Microsoft published
| on his website a job offer for a Linux and
| Open Office Compete Lead. Since then the
| offer has been removed, but a PDF version
| of that page is still available here and in
| other places online. Reading that offer is
| very interesting because it proves, in case
| you weren't convinced yet, what really
| constitutes the reason of Microsoft's huge
| market "share".
|
| Among other things, the job offer says that
| (bold fonts are mine) "the job consists of
| focusing on one of the biggest issues that
| is top of mind for... Steve Ballmer... The
| core mission of CSI is to win share against
| Linux and OpenOffice.org". Responsibilities
| include (last bullet on page 1) "to see
| where Linux Server and OpenOffice
| challenges arise."
|
| Here is, in normal language, what Microsoft
| actually said with that job offer:
|
|    1. Operating systems which are
|    alternative to Windows, like Linux, are
|    a "big issue" only in the server market
|    (the servers are the computers powering
|    websites, databases and other
|    centralized services: the computers on
|    people's desks, and by extension the
|    software they run, are called "desktops"
|    instead)
|    2. In the desktop market the real "big
|    issue" for Microsoft are not
|    alternatives to Windows, like Linux, but
|    alternatives to Microsoft Office, like
|    OpenOffice
`----

http://stop.zona-m.net/node/138


Document Freedom Day Interview with Chris Moore, CIO, City of Edmonton

,----[ Quote ]
| ODFA:  Edmonton is obviously in good
| company among leading Canadian cities
| embracing open standards and
| interoperability, along with efforts
| underway in Vancouver and Toronto.  Have
| you been working collaboratively with those
| cities to share insights, and do you think
| the Canadian Federal Government will follow
| the lead?  What are they doing in this
| area, and should they be following your
| lead?  Do you think it's harder for a
| Federal Government to transition than
| municipal or local governments?
`----

http://www.odfalliance.org/blog/index.php/site/dfd2010_chrismoore/


OpenOffice market share worksheet

,----[ Quote ]
| Drew Jensen, a stalwart OpenOffice.org
| community contributor, pointed us to this
| worksheet describing office suite market
| share. It should probably be posted, too,
| to Major OpenOffice.org Deployments -
| OpenOffice.org Wiki and also to our Market
| Share wiki,
| http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Market_Share_Analysis
`----

http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/2010/03/openoffice-market-share-worksheet.html


Why I support Document Freedom Day

,----[ Quote ]
| In this sense, I am reminded how Tommy
| Douglas, the founder of universal medical
| coverage in Canada, explained why he stood
| by his social democratic beliefs when most
| of them had no chance of being widely
| accepted:
|
|     You say the little efforts that I make
|     will do no good; they never will
|     prevail to tip the hovering scale where
|     justice hangs in balance. I donât think
|     I ever thought they would, but I am
|     prejudiced beyond debate in favor of my
|     right to choose which side shall feel
|     the stubborn ounces of my weight.
|
| In other words, sometimes you need to stand
| up for what you know is right, regardless
| of consequences, simply out of self-
| respect. Campaigns like Document Freedom
| Day give the opportunity for such self-
| reaffirmation, and I would support them for
| that reason alone, even if more practical
| reasons did not exist as well.
`----

http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/why-i-support-document-freedom-day/


Supporting Document Freedom Day

,----[ Quote ]
| The details for Document Freedom Day 2010
| have been announced â itâs on March 31st
| and there will be events all over the
| world. This should be a year of
| celebration as well as campaigning, as we
| have made enormous strides in promoting
| liberty.
`----

http://webmink.com/2010/03/02/document-freedom/
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