Just spotted the following bit of news: UK makes ODF its official documents format standard.
The UK government has adopted the Open Document Format for all its sharable documents - that seems like progress.
UK government document standards
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Re: UK government document standards
Very healthy and sensible really. Vendor lock in of data is pretty well always exceedingly undesirable.
Re: UK government document standards
Worth reading the various views in the (57) comments below the main article.
This was my favourite -
George Mitchell: "a format which endures through time"
Still hard to beat a clay tablet or a cave wall.
Rabid Howler Monkey
23 July, 2014 14:06
This was my favourite -
George Mitchell: "a format which endures through time"
Still hard to beat a clay tablet or a cave wall.
Rabid Howler Monkey
23 July, 2014 14:06