Yet another war close to a win... On 5/19/07, Ekta Silwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Tremblay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: May 16, 2007 5:41 PM > Subject: [Asiasource2-participants] Norwegian Standards Council Recommends > Mandatory use of ODF and PDF > To: Asia Source 2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Norwegian Standards Council Recommends Mandatory use of ODF and PDF > > Norway is the latest European country to move closer to mandatory > government use of ODF (and PDF). According to a press release provided > in translation to me by an authoritative source, Norway now joins > Belgium, Finland, and France (among other nations) in moving towards a > final decision to require such use. The text of the press release, as > well as some of the statements made at the press conference where the > announcement was made, are appended at the end of this blog post. > > The Norwegian recommendation was revealed by Minister of Renewal Heidi > Grande Roys, on behalf of the Cabinet-appointed Norwegian Standards > Council. If adopted, it would require all government agencies and > services to use these two formats, and would permit other formats (such > as OOXML) to be used only in a redundant capacity. Reflecting a > pragmatic approach to the continuing consideration of OOXML by ISO/IEC > JTC 1, the recommendation calls for Norway to "promote the convergence > of the ODF and OOXML, in order to avoid having two standards covering > the same usage." > > According to the press release, the recommendation will be the subject > of open hearings, with opinions to be rendered to the Cabinet before > August 20 this summer. The Cabinet would then make its own (and in this > case binding) recommendation to the Norwegian government. > > next of the article : > > http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070513180219689 > > _______________________________________________ > Asiasource2-participants mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.iosn.net/mailman/listinfo/asiasource2-participants > > > -- > cheers!! > Ekta Silwal > > >
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