Re: [ITPOLITIK] MS-Office bliver åbne standar der

[Joergen Ramskov <sslug@sslug>]

Steen Jensen wrote:
> Nej, men det er jo netop det man kan læse i Suns link med yderligere 
> forklaring om, hvordan MS forsøger at sno sig.

IBM have commented on it as well:
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/newsblog/blog.php?ID=1780

Citat:
    In particular, you should study closely how standards are initially 
developed, maintained, made available, allowed to be implemented, and 
are made usable with other standards. Within OASIS, ODF was both 
developed and will be maintained in an open fashion by multiple 
stakeholders. This is not just a promise that might come true in a year 
or two, this is what has already happened. History has shown that this 
is a strong disincentive for vendors who might want to add 
interoperability-breaking, proprietary extensions. Anyone can freely get 
a copy of the ODF standard and implement it. Since the ODF standard is 
already in the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) fast 
track process, I'm confident that 2006 will be a very big year for 
adoption of ODF and ODF-compliant software by governments, 
organizations, and businesses around the world.

    As you have done so far, you should require evidence of broad 
implementation of a standard. ODF has real, multiple implementations and 
there are more organizations building in support for it right now. This 
broad acceptance of and support for ODF is fact today and not something 
that is wished or hoped for in the future. In this way you will 
guarantee that Massachusetts can obtain the necessary software to run 
its citizens' business in a cost effective way, while maintaining your 
historical legacy for all to read and access.


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