Erwin's StarOffice Tango

Erwin's StarOffice Tango
Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing
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Dienstag November 20, 2007

"Obama Voices Support for ODF"
Interesting how open standards and open file formats become more and more of a political topic. Check out the following eWeek article: "Obama Voices Support for ODF". In this context, the statement by the German Federal Foreign Minister Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier also fits in:
"Modern information technology has turned the world into a village with amazing speed. It links people and builds bridges in a way which even quite recently we would have believed impossible.
An open, unhindered exchange of information in all areas of life is of fundamental importance for today's knowledge-based society. It is an important foundation for our shared objective: a peaceful, democratic, pluralistic society. The Open Document Format, as a completely open and ISO-standardized format, is an excellent vehicle for the free exchange of knowledge and information in the globalized age."
The full quote can be found here.
( Nov 20 2007, 10:55:44 AM CET ) Permalink Kommentare [1]

More details about Karstadt's migration to StarOffice (German)
More details about Karstadt's migration to StarOffice can be found in this German article. Karstadt is one of the largest German retailers (maybe THE largest?!) and probably can be compared to US stores like Target or Sears. Karstadt uses 2,500 copies of StarOffice.
( Nov 20 2007, 10:50:39 AM CET ) Permalink Kommentare [1]