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Use Open Document Format as the Government standard — HMG – Your Freedom
“Establish the Open Document Format as the standard for use in all Government departments rather than continually upgrading to the latest version of Microsoft Office at a cost of many millions of pounds. This is a process which is already taking place in other European countries and one which should be started in Britain at the earliest opportunity.”
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Convert XHTML to ODF using Xalan-J?
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[dev] Proposal of new project for UOF
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Another High-Tech Barrier Falls in South Korea – Digits – WSJ
“The voice for the use of open document format has been mounting and the government last month said it was considering a change in the status quo.”
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Introducing Open Source to A Middle School | opensource.com
“There are so many compelling reasons for children to use open source. If they develop skills and a body of work using open source software, it can follow them through high school, college, and even into the professional world. It won’t cost them or their school any license fees. Using the open formats promoted by free & open source software, their writings and projects will stay accessible, avoiding bitrot. Should the children develop a real interest in a particular tool, the nature of open source is such that they can actually affect change on the tool itself – by actions as small as filing a bug report right up to submitting patches and developing new features. (“
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