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On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 08:23:08PM +0000, Brad Rogers wrote: > >'SOFTWARE GIANT Microsoft has warned the UK government against adopting > >open source software, claiming that it is likely to lead to problems.' > > Mostly Microsoft FUD. The govt. is adopting open *standards*; ODT, > possibly OOXML(1), etc. Change of software isn't, by and large, required > for that. The FUD is spread by The Inquirer, not by Microsoft. Their blog post doesn't mention open source. They say the government wants to mandate ODF as the only standard and they want it to also mandate OOXML. Which, whatever your views on the way it was designed, is an ISO standard. Martijn. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq