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Norwegian Minister: No More Proprietary Formats
Been on TV writes "The Norwegian Minister of Modernization today at a press conference in Oslo declared that proprietary formats will no longer be acceptable in communcation with government. He also calls for all parts of government to have a plan ready by 2006 for use of open source solutions. Taking great care not to mention the name Microsoft directly, but rather referring to 'the spreadsheet almost everyone uses' or saying this is the last time I will present a plan for information technology being broadcast on the net in Windows Media, the Minister sent strong signals in the direction of Redmond to open up or become irrelevant to the Norwegian Government."
Mod Parent Up!!! Funny Stuff!!!!!!
Either you or the Norwegian Minister of Modernization (!!) seems to misunderstand what's being said here. By not accepting proprietary formats, the government would be becoming less capable and inclusive, not more. "Without mentioning any other languages by name, the minister said that all trials will henceforth be conducted in Esperanto."
sure msis aren't evil. less evil than setup exes anyway
but that still doesn't make them an appropriate format for publishing documentation!
note: i'm known as plugwash most places but i screwd up registering that here somehow in the past and now can't register
I don't even know where to start with this one..."inconsequential", my ass.
SEEMINGLY inconsequential. Read many of the other replies to this submission to understand why I said seemingly. Of course Norway holds significance, however it isn't surprizing that many thought that they were an irrelevant little nodule of Europe.