Fwd: UK gov't initiates requirement for open standards for software

Below was also from Dave Lane earlier on: as mentioned by Dave
before he's initiated a discussion on OpenChat - if you want to
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Rob

-------- Original Message --------

Subject:

UK gov't initiates requirement for open standards for
software

Date:
Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:28:49 +1200

From:
Dave Lane <[email protected]>

To:
Jason Kiss <[email protected]>

CC:
Rob Pearson <[email protected]>

Hi Jason,

To follow up our discussion at NetHui and prior, this has just come down
the wire today (press release):

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/open-document-formats-selected-to-meet-user-needs

This is a big deal. Here's the official statement:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-standards-for-government/sharing-or-collaborating-with-government-documents

If you're interested, here's some commentary:

http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/550753/uk_government_adopts_odf_document_exchange_citizens_suppliers/

http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/public-sector/3532219/uk-government-adopts-odf-as-standard-document-format/

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2014/07/23/uk-gov-standards/1

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/uk-government-adopts-odf-for-sharing-and-collaboration-1258626

http://opendocument.xml.org/news/uk-cabinet-office-adopts-odf-as-exclusive-standard-for-sharable-documents

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2356724/uk-government-shuns-microsoft-with-adoption-of-the-open-document-format-standard

Kind regards,

Dave

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New Zealand Open Source Society
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