● 09.09.08

●● South Africa Hosts ODF Conference, India Looks Beyond ISO

Posted in Africa, Asia, ISO, Open XML, OpenDocument at 6:37 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Developing countries and emerging markets seem to have run out of patience for the abuses by Microsoft [1, 2, 3, 4]. ODF seems to be their ‘default’ choice and South Africa strengthens its commitment with this new conference.

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As one of the lead parties in the OOXML ISO opposition and with a government ODF strategy, the second OpenDocument Format workshop is, fittingly, to be held in South Africa in October.

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In case India bypasses ISO recommendations, it’s worth issuing feedback on this “Standards/Recommendations for Public Review” document while it is not finalised. Bought ‘standards’ don’t belong in the public sector because they affect a broad spectrum of people who must not come to depend on a single foreign vendor. █

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