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Dienstag Oktober 18, 2005

Microsoft Says "Maybe Someday" on OpenDocument
Found here.
( Okt 18 2005, 06:19:36 PM CEST ) Permalink

"IBM's Sutor seeks input on ODF Commitment to Action"
"IBM vice president of standards and open source Bob Sutor has proposed what he calls the OpenDocument Format Commitment to Action. Currently, the Commitment is a six point credo (see below) that urges citizens, business users, and CIOs to demand that their governments, IT departments and vendors support ODF in policies, products and services. In open, public discourse-like fashion, Sutor has also invited anybody to suggest changes to the Commitment."

The full article can be found here.
( Okt 18 2005, 06:18:08 PM CEST ) Permalink

Time Online: "Open formats make history - ..."
"All these problems are left behind by open formats. Anyone can implement them. The people behind www.OpenOffice.org, www.koffice.org and www.abiword.com have all done so - and there is no vendor lock-in. The documented and free nature of the format means that obsolescence is not possible. As long as the format has users, there will be software to read and write it.

Open formats are an important part of computing freedom (although alone they are not sufficient) because they give people full control of their own data. In future years, when this freedom is commonplace, I predict that the Massachusetts Decision will be seen as the turning point."

The full article can be found here.
( Okt 18 2005, 06:16:04 PM CEST ) Permalink