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French Government Recommends Standardizing on ODF

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the if-the-french-think-it's-a-good-idea dept.

Juha-Matti Laurio writes "From the InfoWorld article: All French government publications should be made available in OpenDocument Format (ODF), according to a report commissioned by the French prime minister. The new report also suggests that France ask its European partners to do likewise when exchanging documents at a European level. It is recommended that the government will fund a research center dedicated to open-source software security as well, adds the article."

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  1. Buoyage by Epeeist · · Score: 5, Informative

    > You'll notice there are two standards of Sea Mark (buoys) in existence globally.

    True

    > The french insisted on keeping their own standard when everyone else had a different one in place.

    False. IALA System B is used in the Americas, the Philippines and Japan. Everywhere else in the world uses IALA System A.

    Now if you had wanted to bring up prime meridians...

    FYI - I teach the UK RYA (Royal Yachting Association) yachtmaster course.