Hello Adam, this is a good initative. Did you link to spreadopendocument.org ? All these small and private initiatives can indeed raise the awareness of the OpenDocument format, and can also generate business for their authors.
Best, Charles. Adam Moore wrote: >OpenDocument Gathers Worldwide Support > >10 October 2005 > >The Open Document Fellowship promotes the new internationally agreed >standard for digital documents, Open Document Format (OpenDocument). >The Fellowship, formed in September, has attracted support and >interest from around the globe. > >The Fellowship's aims include providing factual information about the >Open Document Format, such as the degree to which companies and their >products are committed to supporting the format, and making sure that >OpenDocument can be always supported by any software application or >company. The organisation also supports the development of software >tools to complement the format. > >Founding members include Gary Edwards (OASIS OpenDocument TC), Mark >Taylor (Executive Director of the Open Source Consortium), and Richard >Rothwell (Chair of SchoolForge UK). > >Founding member Adam Moore, Friends of OpenDocument Inc., said: > >"As a true Open Standard, OpenDocument is available for the benefit of >all. It levels the competitive playing field and provides wider >opportumities for innovation, diversity and choice. This choice and >diversity is a natural evolutionary consequence of the market maturity >of general productivity software. We believe all responsible citizens >in the digital market place will embrace ODF as the central focus for >document production." > >Users whose data is stored in OpenDocument will never again face the >problem of not being able to access data because the application that >created it is no longer available to them. Open standards already >enable users of different computer systems (both hardware and >software) to access the Internet and communicate with each other. ODF >enables users of different computer systems to freely exchange and use >files. > >For more information, see the Fellowship's website, >http://opendocumentfellowship.org > >Press Contact Information > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] or find your regional contact at >http://www.opendocumentfellowship.org/Main/Contact > >-- >Adam Moore >Community Volunteer >OOo blog: AdamMooreOOo.blogspot.com > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
