Leif Lodahl wrote: > The Danish Parliament has decided to create a list of allowed standards. The > standards MUST be implemented before end 2011.
Congratulations, this is really excellent news. > The decision includes two important things: > 1) ODF is on the list - OOXML is NOT! > 2) New standards MUST live up to certain criterias, among others it must be > fully inter-operable with existing formats (formats already on the list). It would be the applications that manage using, translating or interpreting formats. But either way it blocks that 8000-page MOOX. > *Microsoft is therefor responsible for interoperability with ODF*. In other words, MS Office and related products just got the boot. As far as marketing goes, working with the other ODF-using FOSS office suites, especially Koffice, can really get people's attention by showing that there is a lot available that they've been until lately kept in the dark about. > Ref: > http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=da&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.version2.dk%2Fartikel%2F13690&sl=da&tl=en > > Sorry, but I have a glass of champagne to drink :-) Skål for alle jer og jeres framstig. /Lars --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
