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.
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| 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."
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| 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
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| * 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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