User: jpmcc Date: 2008-04-12 11:00:35+0000 Modified: marketing/www/planet/atom.xml marketing/www/planet/index.html marketing/www/planet/opml.xml marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml
Log: Planet run at Sat Apr 12 12:00:14 BST 2008 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.320&r2=1.321 Delta lines: +30 -25 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2008-04-12 05:00:31+0000 1.320 +++ atom.xml 2008-04-12 11:00:32+0000 1.321 @@ -5,9 +5,35 @@ <link rel="self" href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml"/> <link href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/"/> <id>http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml</id> - <updated>2008-04-12T05:00:25+00:00</updated> + <updated>2008-04-12T11:00:25+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> + <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">Petition for ODF at the National Archive</title> + <link href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/"/> + <id>http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/</id> + <updated>2008-04-12T07:52:58+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p>Thanks to <a href="http://www.fanaticattack.com/the-fanatics-behind-the-attack" title="Fanatic Attack" target="_blank">Russell Ossendryver</a> for pointing <a href="http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ODFinNA/" title="UK Gov. ODF Petition" target="_blank">this</a> out.</p> +<blockquote><p>Recently it was announced that National Archives are converting their stock of electronic documents into Microsoft Open XML format. This format is not supported outside of Microsoft&#8217;s own products and ties the public to purchasing Microsoft Office should they wish to view the products, which is a cost of around £80-£120 depending on version. It also ties a user to purchasing Microsoft Windows which is a cost of roughly £150 for the Basic edition or purchasing a new PC with Windows which is a cost of at around £200 for a new machine. Instead Open Document Format which is an accepted ISO standard unlike Open XML should be used. Open Document Format is supported on many major platforms and is freely available at no charge. It includes all the necessary features for documents otherwise it would not be the ISO standard. There should not be a £250 charge to use Microsoft for accessing the National Archives electronically especially in light of the companies ongoing litigation with the EU regarding its anti-competitive actions.</p></blockquote> +<p>Since the recent vote by the ISO, the bit about OOXML not being a standard is now obsolete unless there is a formal complaint made within 2 months. Also, M$ Office can cost a <a href="http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Software/cat/Retail-Boxed-Software/subcat/Business-&amp;-Office-Applications" title="Ebuyer Office Suite Pricing" target="_blank">great deal more</a> than £120 if you want any of the (more useful) enterprise features. Of course, Open Source offers them for free.</p> +<p>Nevertheless, although I doubt it will make much difference to the choice of document format used by the UK&#8217;s publicly owned National Archive, <em>as it seems to have been <a href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/tag/national-archive/" title="Links to previous posts on the National Archive" target="_blank">infiltrated by Microsoft&#8217;s puppets</a> at senior levels</em>, it may well help to raise the profile of ODF and <a href="http://openoffice.org" title="OpenOffice.org" target="_blank">OpenOffice.org</a> to the UK government.</p> +<p>And of course, it&#8217;s just fun to be able to make your point somewhere.</p> +<p><a href="http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ODFinNA/" title="UK Gov. ODF Petition" target="_blank">http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ODFinNA/</a></p> +<!-- Social Bookmarking Reloaded BEGIN --><div class="social_bookmark"><em>Bookmark it!</em><br /><a class="social_img" href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/&amp;title=Petition+for+ODF+at+the+National+Archive" title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Del.icio.us"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/delicious.png" title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Del.icio.us" alt="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Del.icio.us" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/&amp;title=Petition+for+ODF+at+the+National+Archive" title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to digg"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/digg.png" title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to digg" alt="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to digg" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.technorati.com/faves?add=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/" title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Technorati"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/technorati.png" title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Technorati" alt="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Technorati" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/&amp;title=Petition+for+ODF+at+the+National+Archive" title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Stumble Upon"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/stumbleupon.png" title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Stumble Upon" alt="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Stumble Upon" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&amp;output=popup&amp;bkmk=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/&amp;title=Petition+for+ODF+at+the+National+Archive" title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Google Bookmarks"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/google.png" title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Google Bookmarks" alt="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Google Bookmarks" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.bloglines.com/sub/http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/" title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Bloglines"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/bloglines.png" title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Bloglines" alt="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Bloglines" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://slashdot.org/bookmark.pl?title=Petition+for+ODF+at+the+National+Archive&amp;url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/" title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to SlashDot"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/slashdot.png" title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to SlashDot" alt="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to SlashDot" /></a></div> +<!-- Social Bookmarking Reloaded END --></content> + <author> + <name>Alan Lord</name> + <uri>http://www.theopensourcerer.com</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">The Open Sourcerer » OpenOffice.org</title> + <subtitle type="html">The Magic of Open Source</subtitle> + <link rel="self" href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/tag/openofficeorg/feed"/> + <id>http://www.theopensourcerer.com/tag/openofficeorg/feed</id> + <updated>2008-04-12T11:00:25+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + <entry> <title type="html">What's up in OOo 3.0 Beta</title> <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/what_s_up_in_ooo"/> @@ -36,7 +62,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - 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<link href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/an_openoffice_letterhead_tutorial"/> - <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/an_openoffice_letterhead_tutorial</id> - <updated>2008-04-03T12:34:38+00:00</updated> - <content type="html">"This tutorial is a guideline on making your own letterhead on Open Office. Although there are letterhead templates in the wild, you may have a design in mind that you can only put together yourself. This should give you enough background information to do this on your own. Depending on how much glitter you want on it, it may take some artistic skill - sorry, I cannot impart that in this document." -<br />Found <a href="http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/101243/">here</a>.</content> - <author> - <name>Erwin Tenhumberg</name> - <uri>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">Erwin's StarOffice Tango</title> - <subtitle type="html">Erwin Tenhumberg's Insights into Open Source and Dancing<br />... or why Open Competition matters</subtitle> - <link rel="self" href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss"/> - <id>http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/feed/entries/rss</id> - <updated>2008-04-10T11:00:25+00:00</updated> - <rights type="html">Copyright 2008</rights> - </source> - </entry> - </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.320&r2=1.321 Delta lines: +23 -17 --------------------- --- index.html 2008-04-12 05:00:32+0000 1.320 +++ index.html 2008-04-12 11:00:32+0000 1.321 @@ -34,8 +34,30 @@ <a href="rss20.xml"><img src="rss2.gif" alt="Link to RSS 2 feed" /></a> </div> -<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: April 12, 2008 05:00 AM GMT</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: April 12, 2008 11:00 AM GMT</em></p> +<h2>April 12, 2008</h2> +<h3> +<a href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com"; title="The Open Sourcerer » OpenOffice.org"> +Alan Lord</a> : +<a href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/";> +Petition for ODF at the National Archive</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p>Thanks to <a href="http://www.fanaticattack.com/the-fanatics-behind-the-attack"; title="Fanatic Attack" target="_blank">Russell Ossendryver</a> for pointing <a href="http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ODFinNA/"; title="UK Gov. ODF Petition" target="_blank">this</a> out.</p> +<blockquote><p>Recently it was announced that National Archives are converting their stock of electronic documents into Microsoft Open XML format. This format is not supported outside of Microsoft’s own products and ties the public to purchasing Microsoft Office should they wish to view the products, which is a cost of around £80-£120 depending on version. It also ties a user to purchasing Microsoft Windows which is a cost of roughly £150 for the Basic edition or purchasing a new PC with Windows which is a cost of at around £200 for a new machine. Instead Open Document Format which is an accepted ISO standard unlike Open XML should be used. Open Document Format is supported on many major platforms and is freely available at no charge. It includes all the necessary features for documents otherwise it would not be the ISO standard. There should not be a £250 charge to use Microsoft for accessing the National Archives electronically especially in light of the companies ongoing litigation with the EU regarding its anti-competitive actions.</p></blockquote> +<p>Since the recent vote by the ISO, the bit about OOXML not being a standard is now obsolete unless there is a formal complaint made within 2 months. Also, M$ Office can cost a <a href="http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Software/cat/Retail-Boxed-Software/subcat/Business-&-Office-Applications"; title="Ebuyer Office Suite Pricing" target="_blank">great deal more</a> than £120 if you want any of the (more useful) enterprise features. Of course, Open Source offers them for free.</p> +<p>Nevertheless, although I doubt it will make much difference to the choice of document format used by the UK’s publicly owned National Archive, <em>as it seems to have been <a href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/tag/national-archive/"; title="Links to previous posts on the National Archive" target="_blank">infiltrated by Microsoft’s puppets</a> at senior levels</em>, it may well help to raise the profile of ODF and <a href="http://openoffice.org"; title="OpenOffice.org" target="_blank">OpenOffice.org</a> to the UK government.</p> +<p>And of course, it’s just fun to be able to make your point somewhere.</p> +<p><a href="http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ODFinNA/"; title="UK Gov. ODF Petition" target="_blank">http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ODFinNA/</a></p> +<!-- Social Bookmarking Reloaded BEGIN --><div class="social_bookmark"><em>Bookmark it!</em><br /><a class="social_img" href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/&title=Petition+for+ODF+at+the+National+Archive"; title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Del.icio.us"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/delicious.png"; title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Del.icio.us" alt="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Del.icio.us" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/&title=Petition+for+ODF+at+the+National+Archive"; title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to digg"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/digg.png"; title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to digg" alt="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to digg" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.technorati.com/faves?add=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/"; title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Technorati"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/technorati.png"; title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Technorati" alt="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Technorati" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/&title=Petition+for+ODF+at+the+National+Archive"; title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Stumble Upon"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/stumbleupon.png"; title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Stumble Upon" alt="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Stumble Upon" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&output=popup&bkmk=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/&title=Petition+for+ODF+at+the+National+Archive"; title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Google Bookmarks"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/google.png"; title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Google Bookmarks" alt="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Google Bookmarks" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://www.bloglines.com/sub/http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/"; title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Bloglines"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/bloglines.png"; title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Bloglines" alt="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to Bloglines" /></a><a class="social_img" href="http://slashdot.org/bookmark.pl?title=Petition+for+ODF+at+the+National+Archive&url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/"; title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to SlashDot"><img src="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/wp-content/plugins/social-bookmarking-reloaded/slashdot.png"; title="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to SlashDot" alt="Add 'Petition for ODF at the National Archive' to SlashDot" /></a></div> +<!-- Social Bookmarking Reloaded END --></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/";>by Alan Lord at April 12, 2008 07:52 AM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>April 10, 2008</h2> <h3> <a href="" title="jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader"> @@ -375,22 +397,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h2>April 03, 2008</h2> -<h3> -<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/"; title="Erwin's StarOffice Tango"> -Erwin Tenhumberg</a> : -<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/an_openoffice_letterhead_tutorial";> -"An OpenOffice Letterhead Tutorial"</a> -</h3> -<p> -"This tutorial is a guideline on making your own letterhead on Open Office. Although there are letterhead templates in the wild, you may have a design in mind that you can only put together yourself. This should give you enough background information to do this on your own. Depending on how much glitter you want on it, it may take some artistic skill - sorry, I cannot impart that in this document." -<br />Found <a href="http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/101243/";>here</a>.</p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/an_openoffice_letterhead_tutorial";>by dancer at April 03, 2008 12:34 PM GMT</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> <a id="disclaimer" name="disclaimer"></a> <p><em>Disclaimer: all views expressed on this page are those of the individual contributors, and may not reflect the views of the File [changed]: opml.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/opml.xml?r1=1.320&r2=1.321 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2008-04-12 05:00:32+0000 1.320 +++ opml.xml 2008-04-12 11:00:32+0000 1.321 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:00:25 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:00:25 +0000</dateModified> <ownerName>Marketing Project</ownerName> <ownerEmail>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</ownerEmail> </head> File [changed]: rss10.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml?r1=1.207&r2=1.208 Delta lines: +14 -8 -------------------- --- rss10.xml 2008-04-11 11:00:37+0000 1.207 +++ rss10.xml 2008-04-12 11:00:32+0000 1.208 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/25aba50f676c221e" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/a22362e6a670158e" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/german_portfolio_analysis_software_supports"; /> @@ -32,11 +33,23 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/04/07/the-ugliness-of-it-all/"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169.post-5185196905403355875" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/774"; /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/an_openoffice_letterhead_tutorial"; /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/";> + <title>Alan Lord: Petition for ODF at the National Archive</title> + <link>http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/</link> + <content:encoded><p>Thanks to <a href="http://www.fanaticattack.com/the-fanatics-behind-the-attack" title="Fanatic Attack" target="_blank">Russell Ossendryver</a> for pointing <a href="http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ODFinNA/" title="UK Gov. ODF Petition" target="_blank">this</a> out.</p> +<blockquote><p>Recently it was announced that National Archives are converting their stock of electronic documents into Microsoft Open XML format. This format is not supported outside of Microsoft&#8217;s own products and ties the public to purchasing Microsoft Office should they wish to view the products, which is a cost of around £80-£120 depending on version. It also ties a user to purchasing Microsoft Windows which is a cost of roughly £150 for the Basic edition or purchasing a new PC with Windows which is a cost of at around £200 for a new machine. Instead Open Document Format which is an accepted ISO standard unlike Open XML should be used. Open Document Format is supported on many major platforms and is freely available at no charge. It includes all the necessary features for documents otherwise it would not be the ISO standard. There should not be a £250 charge to use Microsoft for accessing the National Archives electronically especially in light of the companies ongoing litigation with the EU regarding its anti-competitive actions.</p></blockquote> +<p>Since the recent vote by the ISO, the bit about OOXML not being a standard is now obsolete unless there is a formal complaint made within 2 months. Also, M$ Office can cost a <a href="http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Software/cat/Retail-Boxed-Software/subcat/Business-&amp;-Office-Applications" title="Ebuyer Office Suite Pricing" target="_blank">great deal more</a> than £120 if you want any of the (more useful) enterprise features. Of course, Open Source offers them for free.</p> +<p>Nevertheless, although I doubt it will make much difference to the choice of document format used by the UK&#8217;s publicly owned National Archive, <em>as it seems to have been <a href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/tag/national-archive/" title="Links to previous posts on the National Archive" target="_blank">infiltrated by Microsoft&#8217;s puppets</a> at senior levels</em>, it may well help to raise the profile of ODF and <a href="http://openoffice.org" title="OpenOffice.org" target="_blank">OpenOffice.org</a> to the UK government.</p> +<p>And of course, it&#8217;s just fun to be able to make your point somewhere.</p> +<p><a href="http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ODFinNA/" title="UK Gov. 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Although there are letterhead templates in the wild, you may have a design in mind that you can only put together yourself. This should give you enough background information to do this on your own. Depending on how much glitter you want on it, it may take some artistic skill - sorry, I cannot impart that in this document." -<br />Found <a href="http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/101243/">here</a>.</content:encoded> - <dc:date>2008-04-03T12:34:38+00:00</dc:date> -</item> </rdf:RDF> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.207&r2=1.208 Delta lines: +14 -8 -------------------- --- rss20.xml 2008-04-11 11:00:37+0000 1.207 +++ rss20.xml 2008-04-12 11:00:32+0000 1.208 @@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ <description>Marketing Planet - http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/</description> <item> + <title>Alan Lord: Petition for ODF at the National Archive</title> + <guid>http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/</guid> + <link>http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/04/12/petition-for-odf-at-the-national-archive/</link> + <description><p>Thanks to <a href="http://www.fanaticattack.com/the-fanatics-behind-the-attack" title="Fanatic Attack" target="_blank">Russell Ossendryver</a> for pointing <a href="http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ODFinNA/" title="UK Gov. ODF Petition" target="_blank">this</a> out.</p> +<blockquote><p>Recently it was announced that National Archives are converting their stock of electronic documents into Microsoft Open XML format. This format is not supported outside of Microsoft&#8217;s own products and ties the public to purchasing Microsoft Office should they wish to view the products, which is a cost of around £80-£120 depending on version. It also ties a user to purchasing Microsoft Windows which is a cost of roughly £150 for the Basic edition or purchasing a new PC with Windows which is a cost of at around £200 for a new machine. Instead Open Document Format which is an accepted ISO standard unlike Open XML should be used. Open Document Format is supported on many major platforms and is freely available at no charge. It includes all the necessary features for documents otherwise it would not be the ISO standard. There should not be a £250 charge to use Microsoft for accessing the National Archives electronically especially in light of the companies ongoing litigation with the EU regarding its anti-competitive actions.</p></blockquote> +<p>Since the recent vote by the ISO, the bit about OOXML not being a standard is now obsolete unless there is a formal complaint made within 2 months. Also, M$ Office can cost a <a href="http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Software/cat/Retail-Boxed-Software/subcat/Business-&amp;-Office-Applications" title="Ebuyer Office Suite Pricing" target="_blank">great deal more</a> than £120 if you want any of the (more useful) enterprise features. Of course, Open Source offers them for free.</p> +<p>Nevertheless, although I doubt it will make much difference to the choice of document format used by the UK&#8217;s publicly owned National Archive, <em>as it seems to have been <a href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/tag/national-archive/" title="Links to previous posts on the National Archive" target="_blank">infiltrated by Microsoft&#8217;s puppets</a> at senior levels</em>, it may well help to raise the profile of ODF and <a href="http://openoffice.org" title="OpenOffice.org" target="_blank">OpenOffice.org</a> to the UK government.</p> +<p>And of course, it&#8217;s just fun to be able to make your point somewhere.</p> +<p><a href="http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ODFinNA/" title="UK Gov. 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