Q Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Driscoll <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:11:38 To: Discussion of Free Culture in general and this organization in particular<[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Reply-to: Discussion of Free Culture in general and this organization in particular <[email protected]> Subject: [FC-discuss] Email template for document freedom day
Hi everyone, Below is a copy of an email I sent around to all the grad students in my department about Document Freedom Day. I also fwd'd it to a dept head who is already working on OA issues. Feel free to copy it, modify it, and send it to your classmates, faculty, coworkers, and colleagues! Kevin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kevin Driscoll <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:07 PM Subject: Today is Document Freedom Day! Hi everyone, Just a quick email to tell you about Document Freedom Day (DFD) - the global day for document liberation! Have you ever been frustrated because .docx files won't open right in last year's version of Office? Remember when some people had Works, others had Excel, and still others used Lotus 1-2-3? Will you be able to open your dissertation files in 2 years? 10 years? 20 years? Proprietary document formats like .doc, .docx, and .xls lock us into specific software vendors, creating an unhealthy monopoly. Not only is this inconvenient, it endangers future scholarship and threatens to leave us with an incomprehensible digital mess where our archives should be. Fortunately, you don't need to change software to change course for a more open future. Open Document Formats are already implemented in Microsoft Office, Open Office, Tables (not Pages), TextEdit, and Google Docs. Click "Save as..." and look for the ODF or ODT option! Whenever possible, save your notes as plain old .txt! Want to spread the word? Use the #dfd2011 hashtag on twitter! Want to read more about these issues? * About Open Document Formats: http://documentfreedom.org/2011/odf.en.html * About Open Standards: http://documentfreedom.org/2011/os.en.html Your friendly neighborhood Tech Rep, Kevin PS. Isn't it weird that so many academic journals use proprietary document formats? Let's change that, too. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
