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Danish Study Recommends Open Standards for EU

Posted by timothy on from the danish-studies-are-fattening dept.

PDAJames writes "The Danish government has wrapped up a two-year study of open source's potential for the public sector, and has some pretty interesting things to say. For one, it says that tie-ins to proprietary software effectively eliminate competition for government procurement and are inherently bad. For another, it recommends a public sector-led effort to adopt an XML-based standard document format, either that of OpenOffice or a new one developed by the EU. Will they push ahead with these plans or is it just more talk?"

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  1. Stop press.. by adeyadey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe, in the light of the release of Windows RG edition they should rethink their position on proprietry software..

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  2. Well, at least some part of government has brains. by Hektor_Troy · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's hard to imagine something smart to come from a country that sent a corvette, snow plows and other winter equipment and a submarine (that broke down before its first mission) to help in the war against Saddam.

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  3. That XML buzzword again by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

    For another, it recommends a public sector-led effort to adopt an XML-based standard document format, either that of OpenOffice or a new one developed by the EU. Will they push ahead with these plans or is it just more talk?

    What's wrong with good old reliable existing formats?

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  4. my government by broeman · · Score: 4, Funny

    I must say that I am a bit confused. Not long time ago our "beloved" government (I even voted for them) were in favor of software patents and the use of industry standard software (read Microsoft) ... Open Source has been discussed in the Danish parlament for some years, even before the current government (2 years old in a month). The former government promised to change all state-institutions to OSS, but still nothing has happened. SSLUG (Skane Sjaelland Linux User Group, biggest LUG in Denmark) have had some discussions on this topic without much succes ... but saying this, I am looking forward to a initiative from our very quiet IT-minister. The report is from the Board of Technology, that have many good and forgotten discussions.

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  5. Re:OpenOffice vs. other office products by Carewolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why don't the KDE developer stop working on KOffice support OpenOffice instead?

    He is busy convincing the GNOME developer to just give up and support KDE.