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[News] Russia Wants OpenDocument Format

  • Subject: [News] Russia Wants OpenDocument Format
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:50:51 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Russia is latest country to move towards OpenDocument format and open standards  

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| The stated rationale for this legislation is that “open standards will 
| contribute to an increased number of bidders for government contracts and 
| will increase opportunities for Russian software developers... [and] the 
| problem of interoperability will be addressed as will the ability to access 
| information into the future.”    
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http://www.itrportal.com/absolutenm/templates/article-docsoft.aspx?articleid=4410&zoneid=57

Meanwhile, schools move to Linux as well.


Yesterday:

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


Related:

Microsoft accused of ballot stuffing in standards vote

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| The Russian Government has taken a step towards endorsing ODF through an 
| e-government program that would mandate use of software that conforms 
| to "widely used standards" in all government contracts.  
| 
| According to the Russian Ministry of Information Technologies and 
| Communications "within the project to form an e-government concept in the 
| Russian Federation, support of ISO/IEC 26300: 2006 is planned."  
| 
| The move has been welcomed by the Open Document Format Alliance, which said 
| in a statement that Russia is "sending a message worldwide that software 
| should be affordable, innovative and accessible, now and for the foreseeable  
| future."  
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/08/29/microsoft_ooxml_sweeden_rigged_vote/


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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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