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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. Before we get too excited by melonman · · Score: -1, Redundant

    This is the government whose websites offer secure certificates as .exe archives, and whose tax website advises the user to ignore any security warnings that come up while using their system. If there's a way to render ODF unreliable, insecure and/or platform-specific, I'd say that the French are the people to do it.

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