Interesting. Could you imagine a Canada where all documents were in odt instead of doc?
/drool I don't understand why so many people are so centered on Microsoft's format. On 1/3/07, Mike Bougie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > that, and to mandate that any forms sent to them be in that open standard as > well. > > > On 1/3/07, Mitchell Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > How does one "adopt" an open document format ?? Is that saying merely > > that all their official files/forms, etc will be in odt instead of > > doc? > > > > On 1/3/07, John Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > First Massachusetts adopts the OpenDocument format, now China adopts the > > > Uniform Office Format. > > > > > > Fortunately Microsoft's OpenXML format proposal figures in neither of > > > these non-proprietary formats. > > > > > > When users rather than the vendor decides, this can't be good news for > M$ > > > > > > Read more for eg. here > > > > http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/blog/2006/12/why_chinas_uof_is_good.html > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > clug-talk mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > Mailing List Guidelines > (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > > > > -- > > pub 1024D/9091C422 02/05/2006 Mitchell Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Primary key fingerprint: 812B 94BC EA0D 345A CC1C 2ED9 F7F6 5CCF 9091 > C422 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines ( > http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > -- > CLUG Secretary > Internet: www.clug.ca > Skype: mikebougie1138 > Linux User: 394239 | http://counter.li.org/ > > PGP Fingerprint: CF72 3524 C496 F1BB 154F 96BF 2F69 6FC8 C819 80E4 > > Please consider your environmental responsibility: Before printing this > e-mail, ask yourself whether you need a hard copy! > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > > -- pub 1024D/9091C422 02/05/2006 Mitchell Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Primary key fingerprint: 812B 94BC EA0D 345A CC1C 2ED9 F7F6 5CCF 9091 C422 _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
