● 12.27.10

●● Russia’s Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology Approves OpenDocument Format as National Standard

Posted in Asia, Europe, Microsoft, Open XML, OpenDocument at 1:51 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary: OpenDocument Format (ODF) wins in Russia

IN SPITE of Microsoft’s misconduct in Russia [1, 2, 3] (for OOXML) and despite Medvedev, Russia is embracing ODF, according to several sources. This one-line summary from Rob Weir says:

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ODF approved as National Standard by Russia’s Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology http://bit.ly/hOuw67

That’s good news. They sidestep proprietary formats like OOXML and also avoid the RAND trap (OOXML as a ‘standard’ is fake). █

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