Key KOffice Developers Talk About KOffice 2 and Open Standards
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| KOffice standardises on OpenDocument. Free Software and open standards are a
| perfect match and the way to move forward for a society to ensure
| vendor-independent access to its data. We're actively participating in the
| OASIS since it matches our value, and we believe that one strong standard is
| in the best interest of our users.
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http://dot.kde.org/1194021253/
Microsoft must be feeling lonely with its proprietary, unapproved format, which
has had its promoters resort to bribery, paid Wikipedia edits, bullying of
diplomats, sacking of resistance, and more more. OOXML is crime, and anyone
touching it would be naive (unaware of the reality... or drinking Redmond
Kool-Aid).
Recent:
ODF Alliance Hails Record Growth in Application Support for ODF
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| Following are the highlights of the most recent announcements about new and
| improved application support for ODF:
|
| IBM's Lotus Symphony... includes an ODF-supporting word processor...
|
| Apple's Text Edit...
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| Corel WordPerfect Office Beta allows users to open, view, and edit ODF.
|
| Adobe's Buzzword...
|
| Sun ODF Plug-in 1.1 for Microsoft Office....
|
| OpenOffice.org version 2.3...
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http://www.odfalliance.org/press/Release20071026.pdf (PDF!)
ODF Alliance hails record growth in application support for ODF
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| In total, there are now more than two dozen ODF-supporting text, spreadsheet,
| and presentation applications announced in the past three months
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http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/10/26/odf-alliance-hails-record-growth-application-support-for-odf/
South Africa adopts ODF as govt standard
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| The South African government yesterday announced the adoption of OpenDocument
| Format (ODF) as a standard for government communications.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=$id&src=digg
Related:
Malaysia formally embraces open doc format
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| The Malaysian government today announced plans to adopt open standards and
| the Open Document Format (ODF) within the country's public sector.
|
| [...]
|
| In July this year, Japan became the first country in the Asia-Pacific region
| to embrace open software standards. Last August, the United Nations urged
| countries in the region to adopt the ODF.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62030781,00.htm
Government of Japan Embraces Open Software Standards
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| The OpenDocument Format Alliance (ODF Alliance), the leading organization
| advocating for openness and accessibility to government documents and
| information, today congratulated Japan for adopting a policy under which
| government ministries and agencies will solicit bids from software vendors
| whose products support internationally recognized open standards.
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http://www.govtech.com/gt/126612?topic=117674
Netherlands Picks ODF
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| Frank Heemskerk, Minister of Economic Affairs, announced today that ODF will
| be the standard for reading, publishing and the exchange of information for
| all governmental organisations. The deadline is January 2009.
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http://gotze.eu/2007/09/netherlands-picks-odf.html
Opendocument_adoption
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| Contents
|
| * 1 United States
| o 1.1 Massachusetts
| + 1.1.1 References
| o 1.2 Other states and organizations in the US
| + 1.2.1 References
| * 2 Europe
| o 2.1 EU Definition of an open standard
| o 2.2 United Kingdom
| + 2.2.1 Bristol City Council
| o 2.3 Belgium
| o 2.4 Finland
| o 2.5 Slovakia
| * 3 Other governments
| o 3.1 Australia
| o 3.2 India
| o 3.3 Japan
| o 3.4 Malaysia
| o 3.5 Peru
| o 3.6 Vietnam
| o 3.7 Other
| * 4 See also
| * 5 References
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opendocument_adoption
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