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Donnerstag Januar 25, 2007

ODF Adoption in Argentina
"Misiones, a province in the northeast of Argentina, became the first regional government in Latin America to adopt ODF."
More information about the ODF adoption in Argentina can be found in the latest ODF Alliance newsletter.
( Jan 25 2007, 05:56:39 PM CET ) Permalink Kommentare [1]

"Office 2007 a slow burner for businesses"
"Three-quarters of businesses plan to wait at least three years before upgrading to the newly launched Microsoft Office 2007, according to new research from Forrester."
Found here.
( Jan 25 2007, 05:20:52 PM CET ) Permalink

South African CSIR adopts ODF
"CSIR President and CEO Dr Sibusiso Sibisi, a well-known proponent of OSS and the driving force behind the CSIR's adoption, said "the open document standards are of prime importance for allowing open access to information, now and in the future. By using open document standards to store our data, the CSIR is not locked into a specific vendor that developed and implemented a proprietary standard, thus eliminating the risk of not being able to access current data in future when such a standard may cease to be supported."

"The maturity of OpenOffice, a powerful open source office suite that implements ODF, has in turn enabled the CSIR to adopt ODF without major obstacles," he said."

The full article can be found here. Thanks to Craig Adams for pointing me to the news!
( Jan 25 2007, 05:13:41 PM CET ) Permalink