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Dienstag Oktober 10, 2006

CNET: French government report lauds ODF

“He recommends that the French government "propose to its European partners to systematically favor open standards and, as the first example, to mandate the international ISO format ODF for the creation and diffusion of all official document exchange at the European level."

Carayon notes that the standardization of ODF "authorizes its use without risk by commercial and government bodies and promotes the development of current software which adheres to the format."

In addition, he argued that free and open-source software can provide French businesses with an economic benefit.

Although a relatively young standard, OpenDocument has found interest among government users. ”

The full article can be found here.

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