United Kingdom Government Committed to Open Document Format Microsoft Is Not Happy

The British government committed itself to Open Document Format and Microsoft is headache

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The UK government has taken the first steps to move from of Office στο format του ODF, σε μια προσπάθεια να κατευθύνουν το σύνολο του κυβερνητικού μηχανισμού προς τον ανοικτό κώδικα.

The proposal to go to Open Document Format has been posted on the Cabinet Office website, which is part of the government that supports the Prime Minister as well as the Deputy Prime Minister and ensures the efficient operation of the government.

The article posted on his website office of the Cabinet, is called "Challenge: Handling or Collaborating in Government Documents" and explains the purpose of this argument, which is sure to bring headaches to Microsoft headquarters.

"The σε αυτή την πρόκληση συμπεριλαμβανομένων των πολιτών, των επιχειρήσεων και των συνεργατών διανομής που πρέπει να ανταλλάσσουν πληροφορίες με την κυβέρνηση, θα πρέπει να χρησιμοποιούν επεξεργάσιμα έγγραφα. Οι χρήστες είναι επίσης αξιωματούχοι σε κυβερνητικές που πρέπει να μοιράζονται και να εργάζονται σε έγγραφα από κοινού”, αναφέρει η πρόταση του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου.

The article also mentions the expected benefits of such a bold move. Most importantly, users (whoever they are) should not purchase the software in order to submit documents to government officials or services because of the format required in the document.

Documents that must now be compatible with Open Document Format are: text editing, spreadsheets, and presentations. If you look closely, these are just Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Υπάρχει ένας αριθμός από δωρεάν διαθέσιμες σουίτες γραφείου που διατίθενται για download ήδη, όπως το LibreOffice και το , με τα οποία μπορείτε να αποθηκεύσετε έγγραφα σε αυτή τη μορφή.

Although other individual cities around the world had been getting the same? decisions in the form of open source documents, the UK Government is the largest organization that has expressed its interest in open source, although at present it refers only to Open Document Formats.

It's safe to say that a number of open source organizations have already expressed their support for this decision, including the Document Foundation. “The Document Foundation enthusiastically supports the UK Government's proposal to support and adopt ODF 1.1 and ODF 1.2, along with HTML 4.01 and HTML5, CSV and TXT, for the or cooperating with government documents” says a comment under the UK article.

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