rocking format- cool ODF>bull fight<OOXML. On May 19, 2:45 pm, "Prasanna Gautam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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=2007051... > > > _______________________________________________ > > Asiasource2-participants mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://lists.iosn.net/mailman/listinfo/asiasource2-participants > > > -- > > cheers!! > > Ekta Silwal
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