Analysis of the latest mystifying announcement from Microsoft (about ODF)
Read more »OpenDocument Gains Traction, So the Redmond Bully Returns
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ODF Alliance Newsletter - 10 December 2008
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The ODF Alliance summarises developments relating to the standard
Read more »German's Federal Government introduces ODF
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Short note: Germany's new IT-Council announced today that they will introduce ODF in the federal public administration. All federal public administrations should be able to receive, sent, read, and modify ODF documents until beginning of 2010.
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[FSF] Free Software Supporter, November 2008
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## In this issue
* Support freedom: How YOU can make a difference for free software
* New USB membership cards and FSF Bulletin
* New t-shirts in our store
* OpenDocument campaign page gets a revamp
* Bilski ruling: a victory on the path to ending software patents
* Show your support with the FSF campaigns widget
* DefectiveByDesign.org: MP3-compatible, a new DRM-free music promotion
What to Make of Nokia… Regarding Licences, Patents, and Formats
ODF Keeps Winning; No Wonder Microsoft Went Corrupt Against It
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Venezuela adopts ODF for government
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The South American nation of Venezuela is the latest country to adopt the Open Document Format (ODF) as a national standard
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Open Document Format made national standard in Sweden
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The Swedish Standards Institute (SIS) approved the Open Document Format (ODF) as a national standard, the ODF Alliance reported this week.
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Is Microsoft trying to take control of ODF?
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After a recent meeting of the SC 34 committee, the ISO/IEC group responsible for OOXML, Groklaw are reporting that they believe Microsoft are trying to take control of the Open Document Format (ODF), the uncontroversial open document format standard.
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Metamorphosis - Sweden: ODF made national standard
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Sweden approved ODF as a national standard. Too bad my country, Portugal, doesn't do the same. :\
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Microsoft ‘Media Mole’ Goes on the Payroll
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FUD attacks on ODF and GNU/Linux apparently bring a reward: a job at Microsoft.
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Open Document Formats finally default for Yale Law School A2K Conference
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The Yale Law School's Access to Knowledge Conference kicks off in the International Conference Center of Geneva, Switzerland... Open Document Formats have finally become the default document format for presentations.
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[FSF] Free Software Supporter, September 2008
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## In this issue
* Software Freedom Day
* Happy Birthday to GNU!
* GNU Planet
* gNewSense 2.1 released
* Spring 2008 Bulletin available online
* Submit your nominations for the 2008 Free Software Awards
* On the savannah, where the gnu roam...
* DRM down under
* Free Hexen and Heretic!
* Malaysian Government Dept switches to OpenDocument
ODF approved as Swedish Standard
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Without making a press release or public announcement the Swedish Standards Institute has formally approved ODF 1.0 as a national standard. Only the “SS” prefix in SS-ISO/IEC 26300:2008 give away the status of the document.
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IBM VP: Office OpenXML a dead end, Microsoft will back ODF
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During the LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco, I met with Bob Sutor, IBM's vice president of open source and standards. We discussed document standards and the implications of ISO's controversial decision to grant fast-track approval to Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) format.
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