On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 12:39 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: > Peter Reaper wrote: > > Daniel Carrera on 02.06.2005 20:56 wrote: > > > >> I can't say that I'm surprised. I'm hoping that the EU will force them > >> to support the OASIS OpenDocument format. It could happen. > > > > > > Dream on. > > > [...] > > > > Now the EU could, as a *client*, require that all electronically > > submitted reports be in an open format... > > Well, the pressure in EU for open standards in increasing strongly (for > example we had in my country the start for such a process last week) and > this look like the real reason of "Microsoft Office Open" (without any > .org) "XML Formats"
I had a meeting with the main government agency for education in the UK this week. They said they want to be sure to promote open standards and interoperability and want some ideas from the community to move this forward. This is new and recent so the pressure is mounting but it will still take time. Interestingly, we just tried to fill in a form on IBM's web site to be a reselling partner (at their request) It wouldn't work without IE so we said why should we bother? The IBM employee said he is embarrassed by the number of people complaining which shows its not just a few and that the problem has been raised on a number of occasions but the bureaucracy is such that nothing gets done - yet. There is massive such inertia in the system but the tide is turning. -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMSL --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
