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French Government Recommends Standardizing on ODF
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."
Mod this man up.
I don't understand why some people can continue to bash French with what happens in Iraq. The "coward" French were right to refuse this silly war and false proofs from US government. If you are pleased to see some Americans back from Iraq in plastic bag you should volunteer and don't speak about bringing Freedom to Iraqi people, more than 50000 have been killed since "Mission accomplished".
Beside that, ODF like many standards helps people to communicate or exchange better. Try to use your NTSC TV or your CDMA mobile in Europe and you will be a little disappointed.
That attempt at a joke isn't funny at all and very demeaning towards the french. That's how I see it and I'm not even french.
almost ideologically against state intervention
And why do you make it sound like a bad thing? I for one would LOVE it if the EU gov't incinerated itself or at least stopped regulating my whole life. First my gov't told me what level of RAID I must be running in my own f'ing company, then the Eu gov't comes and tells me what program I must use? Well fuck that, I'll do as I like. They can come and get me if they want... the weapons that I am NOT allowed to buy will protect me...
Global warming is a cube.