Malaysia suspends ODF approval process
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| According to an article originally published earlier this week in
| the International Herald Tribune, a close observer to the Malaysian
| approval process said Sirim would actually prefer a merger between
| Open XML and ODF to create a single standard rather than two
| competing ones.
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When ODF becomes the standard (not just /de facto/ standard), it will be a
huge win for Free Open Source software and demolish walls in migration to
GNU/Linux.
Related:
Q&A: Former Mass. CIO feels 'bittersweet pride' after battles with Microsoft,
legislature
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| Do you see any reason for there to be two standards? If you were
| starting blank-slate, there certainly would not be value to creating
| two separate standards. Over time, it has sometimes been useful to
| have the competition of two standards to keep both sides honest.
| But I don't see particular value in the long-term co-existence of
| two separate standards.
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