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Study Says OOXML Unsuitable For Norwegian Government

Posted by kdawson on from the party-like-it's-1997 dept.

angry tapir writes "Microsoft's XML-based office document format, OOXML, does not meet the requirements for governmental use, according to a new report published by the Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI). The agency wants to start a debate over the report as part of its work on standards in the Norwegian government. (As we discussed a week ago, Denmark has already decided to choose ODF over OOXML.)"

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  1. Re:Remove one and unanimity is impossible by jhol13 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Err ... Norway has nothing to say in EU. That is, about as much as Canada has about USA.

  2. Re:What's in a name by MightyMartian · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oh look, the Microsoft shill has come along to lie. Shocking, I tell you, shocking!

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  3. Re:What's in a name by harlows_monkeys · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    A large part of that is because it gives many examples and gives detailed specifications for spreadsheets functions (several pages per function for some of the more complicated functions).

    ODF is quite a bit more concise, by completely leaving such things out.