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July 9, 2015 08:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ldDFitxszsk/french-government-it-directorate-supports-odf-rejects-ooxml
French Government IT Directorate Supports ODF, Rejects OOXML
jrepin writes: The final draft version of the RGI (general interoperability framework), still awaiting final validation, maintains ODF as the recommended format for office documents within French administrations. This new version of the RGI provides substantiated criticism of the OOXML Microsoft format. April thanks the DISIC (French Inter-ministerial IT directorate) for not giving in to pressure and acting in the long-term interest of all French citizens and their administrations. As Wikpedia notes, OOXML (Office Open XML) is not to be confused with OpenOffice.org XML.(Also on the open-source office-document format front, OpenSource.com has taken a look at five open alternatives to Google Docs.)Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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