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Posted in Europe, Fraud, Microsoft, Open XML, OpenDocument at 2:59 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: OpenDocument Format (ODF) is increasingly adopted and the latest dealings in Portugal give reasons for concern
MORE AND MORE countries have recently embraced OpenDocument Format (ODF), despite Microsoft’s many abuses that it declines/refuses to address. Microsoft is still causing damage to ODF [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7].
=> have | recently | ↺ Microsoft’s many abuses | it declines/refuses to address | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
Glyn Moody notes that the FSF has this world map of ODF adoption and Christian Einfeldt added to it (in Twitter): “Dear Linus, it’s not that we hate Microsoft, but it is annoying how MSFT is still goofing up ODF.”
=> ↺ this world map of ODF adoption
Hungary is one of the latest European countries to embrace ODF (Norway was probably inevitable), but one country we remain particularly concerned about is Portugal. We wrote about it earlier today because of the government’s intimate relationship with Microsoft. According to this blog (translation to English from Google), chances of ODF adoption in Portugal seem slim, so a Switzerland-like action may be needed (see links at the bottom). As Tony Manco from Portugal puts it, despite being warned for illegalities that they make, the people in the government just don’t give a damn. They continue as if nothing was mentioned. █
=> one of the latest European countries to embrace ODF | was probably inevitable | wrote about it earlier today | intimate relationship with Microsoft | ↺ to this blog | ↺ translation to English from Google
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