Germany has shown the way forward by making OpenDocument Format (ODF) mandatory as the standard format for office documents
Posted by jlpcsl
Germany has shown the way forward by making OpenDocument Format (ODF) mandatory as the standard format for office documents
Posted by jlpcsl
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Open standards aren’t flashy, but they are one of the simplest ways to reduce long term vendor lockin and costs
A good first step to break free of Microsoft’s stranglehold with Office. Considering they have Softmaker Office and the LibreOffice foundation (TDF) is also based there, this is great news.
That headline is misleading, ODF will be mandatory only within the software stack for public administration. Personal or other business documents can still be any format you want.
Step by step. Not saying odt needs more work but hey this is good news!
I had to use it for nearly 2 weeks, wanted to kms. Entire office switched back after that. I hate microcock worse than the next guy but I dont believe the way to beat them is to mandate inferior programs.
Guys, I don’t think we realize how important this is. If it turns into a trend, this is HUGE
Well done Germany 🇩🇪
Nothing new in Italy I guess. Guidelines dated 2006, and law making open standard mandatory for govs and public docs is dated 2021.
Portugal passed a law on that 14 years ago. Same thing , public sector odf only.
It’s nice to see eurozone promote open standards . If Germany does use ir , it’s one more in the right path .
https://www.reddit.com/r/portugal/comments/13ka4s/portuguese_government_goes_odf_only/
I would not even bother to respond to individual comments because they are generally right.
Most of you don’t even create microsoft word documents that require microsoft word capabilities. For receiving the docs, PDF is usually enough.
Hallelujah!
Does it work with fax machine?
Well done! More such news!
ODF should be made the standard EU wide and ooxml should be dumped.
This is amazing news!
Now lets do making police files attainable by citizens.