Added to my IPW site already and I'm working on a couple others. http://www.ip-wars.net/story/2006/5/3/104545/1603
Jeff Causey On Wednesday May 03 2006 11:35, Cristian Driga wrote: > Slashdotted too... > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/03/1414240 > > ~cdriga > > Chad Smith wrote: > > digg.com - there are 3 OpenOffice.org stories on the frontpage right now. > > > > http://digg.com/software/OpenDocument_is_now_ISO_26300 > > > > http://digg.com/technology/Open_Office_s_OpenDocument_format_*BEAT*_Micro > >soft_to_ISO_Standardization > > > > > > http://digg.com/software/_Get_Legal_-_OpenOffice.Org_Spins_Microsoft_FUD > > > > On 5/3/06, Alexandro Colorado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Wed, 03 May 2006 08:59:51 -0500, Simon Phipps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Congratulations. It's official! > >> > > >> > My colleague in our international standards team writes: "the OASIS > >> > >> Open > >> > >> > Document Format spec is now an international standard. Its designation > >> > is ISO/IEC 26300. It passed without oppostion. (There were a few > >> > abstentions.) There was very broad support worldwide." > >> > > >> > This is a landmark moment for the Free/Open Source Software > >> > >> movement. An > >> > >> > innovation that started here - the OpenDocument family of file > >> > >> formats - > >> > >> > has been reviewed, adopted and now endorsed at the highest level as an > >> > international standard. We now have a standard for productivity > >> > documents that is recognised by governments (there is a little more > >> > bureaucracy to handle, as Andy Updegrove reports[1], but the > >> > >> standard is > >> > >> > official). > >> > > >> > If we wish, we can now draw a base-line across the productivity tools > >> > market and tell our suppliers we will not tolerate further competition > >> > and lock-in below that line. Innovation above that line is desirable - > >> > expected, even - but attempts to force upgrade, lock out competition, > >> > control my own use of my own data, are all now unacceptable. We have > >> > >> the > >> > >> > tools of freedom in our hands. Time to use them. > >> > > >> > digg story: http://digg.com/software/OpenDocument_is_now_ISO_26300 > >> > > >> > S. > >> > > >> > [1] http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php? > >> > story=20060503080915835 > >> > >> This are great news, and I think this will definetly give a faster track > >> on some government administrations . So far there has been a strong push > >> on some state governments in the US after the MA series of events. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Alexandro Colorado > >> CoLeader of OpenOffice.org ES > >> http://es.openoffice.org > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > - Chad Smith > > http://www.gimpshop.net/ > > http://www.whatisopenoffice.org/ > > http://www.chadwsmith.com/ > > Got an Intel Mac Mini? Want one? > > http://minimacs.freepay.com/?r=29227644 -- Jeffrey G. Causey, CPA, CAPM Executive Vice President/CFO J. Guess & Company, Inc. "Consultants For Every Aspect of Business" 3420 Toringdon Way, Suite 330 Charlotte, NC 28277 (Direct) 336-793-0299 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
