http://delimiter.com.au/2013/05/29/reversal-australian-govt-picks-odf-doc-standard/
> Reversal: Australian Govt picks ODF doc standard > In January 2011, AGIMO had initially decided to standardise departments and > agencies on Microsoft’s Office Open XML format, the format primarily used by > Microsoft’s Office 2007 and 2010 suites. However, the move was greeted by a > sea of criticism directed at the agency by online commenters, and > consequently AGIMO decided to re-examine the choice. > > Most alternative office suites cannot write documents in the standard. The > ODF Alliance, which is supporting a rival format, has claimed the Office Open > XML format was riddled with “Windows-platform dependencies” and essentially > tied users to Microsoft Office, and some organisations, such as the National > Archives of Australia, have picked the ODF standard instead in the long-term. > AGIMO subsequently defended its decision, stating it had no vendor bias. > > In a blog post in September 2012, AGIMO’s then-first assistant secretary of > its Agency Services Division, John Sheridan, noted that following “robust > discussion”, AGIMO had standardised on two standardised variants of Office > Open XML. > > However, in a new blog post yesterday, Sheridan — now the Federal > Government’s whole of government chief technology officer — noted that a new > review of the COE policy had come up with a draft requiring office > productivity software used by Australian Government departments and agencies > to support version 1.1 of ODF. In evaluating the choice, Sheridan said the > Government had taken into account a number of factors. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
