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Dutch ODF Plan Could Sideline Microsoft

Posted by kdawson on from the because-it's-our-data dept.

Yeti7226 sends word of a discussion coming up Wednesday in the parliament of The Netherlands that could result in mandated use of Open Document Format at government agencies there. If the plan is enacted, public-sector organizations, as well as the government, would have to transition to using ODF by 2010. Microsoft Netherlands has lobbied hard against the provision. Backers say it doesn't exclude Microsoft, because ODF can be produced out of MS Office via the use of plugins. A funder of the OpenDoc Society invited Microsoft to join that organization, saying: "This plan is not about Microsoft, it's about ensuring the perpetual availability of data without any obstacles."

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  1. No, it's about Trent Reznor: by smittyoneeach · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness_in_Slavery
    I had been going to link to the YouTube video directly, but it's rather extreme for my "boring" taste--didn't make it past halfway.
    The track, though, does bring back memories of failing my Electrical Engineering exams at Sing-Sing on the Severn.

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  2. Re:Open Data is also mentioned by renegadesx · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What? Where the fuck did that come from?
    Please mod parent -1 Total Fucking Moron

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