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Free Standards Group Announces General Availability Of Linux Standard Base 2.0 by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2004-09-14 08:12 AM

San Francisco, Calif. - September 14, 2004 -- The Free Standards Group, a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing and promoting open source software standards, today announced the availability of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) 2.0, an essential component for the long-term market success of Linux. Important new features delivered in this release include the long-awaited inclusion of a new application binary interface (ABI) for C++ and support for 32- and 64-bit hardware architectures. The Free Standards Group also announced today that the standard has earned support from the majority of Linux distribution vendors throughout the world, marking a significant stage in the deployment of a true global standard for Linux.

OpenOffice XML Format Will Probably Become an ISO Standard by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2004-09-28 09:48 AM

Tim Bray of Sun Micro Systems in his blog writes that in mid-July, the European Commission has written a formal letter to the participants in a meeting where Sun and Microsoft proposed their XML document formats, informing them of the outcome and highlighting a couple of key points. In the letter the EC writes that it is considering taking the OpenOffice XML format to ISO as a consideration as an international standard.

OASIS Releases OpenDocument 1.0 Committee Draft Specification for Public Review by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-01-20 10:37 AM

OASIS has announced the release of Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) 1.0 Committee Draft Version 2 for public review prior to consideration of the specification for approval as an OASIS Standard.

Sun pushes OpenOffice standard by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2004-10-13 10:19 AM

Sun Microsystems is backing European Union efforts to standardize office document formats, including a proposal that would enable people to switch easily between Microsoft-based documents and those created with open-source software.

EC announces Open Standards Definition by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2004-11-20 06:54 PM

The "Open Standards and Libre Software in Government" conference held in coordination with the Dutch Presidency of the European Union in The Hague concluded successfully yesterday. Keynote speakers on behalf of the Dutch prime minister and the office of the Irish prime minister urged governments to consider open source software in spirit of inter-agency collaboration. The European Commission launched its definition of Open Standards, and several representatives of EU ministries announced major national open source and free software efforts.

Free/Open Source Software: Open Standards Primer Draft Published by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-08-16 08:58 PM

UNDP-APDIP's International Open Source Network has produced a draft primer on Free/Open Source Software: Open Standards.

Microsoft Debases Linux Standards by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-02-09 03:10 PM

Linux vendors have rejected Microsoft's claim that commercial pressures mean they will struggle to cooperate. ZDNet UK comments that this is a change in Microsoft policy. Until now Linux has been bad because it's non-commercial, almost un-American in its cooperative nature. Now we see that competition is bad, because it encourages people to differentiate products.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Goes With Open Document by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-09-24 09:37 AM

It's official. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has posted on its web site its final decision, namely to use only formats that conform to the Open Document format for office productivity applications, a format Microsoft so far does not support, although they are certainly free to do so.

In Support of Openness by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-09-09 10:58 PM

Today the Berkman Center released the Roadmap for Open Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Ecosystems. The Roadmap demonstrates how to build our technological environment to foster interoperability and growth.

Massachusetts Mandates Open-Format Documents, Edges Towards Linux by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-09-17 09:41 AM

The state of Massachusetts will revamp its digital output during the next 16 months to create only open-format documents and is increasing its use of Linux and free and open source software (FOSS) among its workers according to the state's chief information officer.

Alliance Formed to Promote Improved Access toand Retrieval of Electronic Government Documents by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-03-07 07:27 AM

ODF Alliance includes diverse industry partners, associations, NGOs and academic/research institutions

OASIS submits OpenDocument as ISO standard by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-10-11 09:22 AM

The group behind the OpenDocument standard has submitted the document format to International Organization for Standardization (ISO), a move that could make open-source desktop applications more attractive to governments.

KOffice Free Integrated Office Suite now supports OpenDocument by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-04-12 09:44 AM

OASIS OpenDocument as the Default File Format for KOffice 1.5

OpenDocument format benefits Singaporeans. by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-04-17 10:24 AM

A insightful letter from a Singaporean citizen, on why the Singaporean government should choose OpenDocument format.

Regional Conference on Open Standards: The Key to an Open ICT Ecosystem, 2-4 May 2006, Bangkok, Thailand by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-05-08 04:40 PM

National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), in cooperation with Software Industry Promotion Agency (SIPA), Ministry of Information and Communication Technology; IBM (Thailand); Intel (Thailand); Oracle (Thailand); Cisco (Thailand), and APDIP, will be organizing a Regional Conference on Open Standards: The Key to an Open ICT Ecosystem, on 2-4 May 2006, at the Sofitel Central Plaza Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.

IOSN Releases Publication on Open Standards by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-08-08 12:06 PM

This e-primer, with a foreword by Peter J. Quinn, introduces readers to what open standards are and why they are important. It explains the standard-setting processes and provides examples of open standards policies, initiatives and formats. It also addresses the challenges faced in implementing open standards.

Call for Asia to adopt ODF by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-08-09 09:56 AM

SINGAPORE--An official from the United Nations (U.N.) has called for countries in the Asia-Pacific region to embrace the OpenDocument format.

Commissioner Lallana to Lead UNDPs Project to Promote Policies for Open Computing Standards in Asia-Pacific Countries by Stine Loft Rasmussen — last modified 2007-02-13 10:03 AM

Monday, 12 February 2007. Dr. Emmanuel C. Lallana, former Commissioner of the Philippines Commission on Information and Communications Technology joined UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP) as Project Adviser of the Government Interoperability Frameworks (GIFs) Project.

Microsoft's 'Men in Black' kill Florida open standards legislation by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-04-18 10:14 AM

It was just a bit of text advocating open data formats that was slipped into a Florida State Senate bill at the last minute with no fanfare, but within 24 hours three Microsoft-paid lobbyists, all wearing black suits, were pressuring members of the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations (COGO) to remove the words they didn't like from Senate bill 1974.

UNDP-APDIP Held Government Interoperability Frameworks Workshop and Study Group Meeting by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-05-04 06:31 AM

BEIJING, 20 April 2007 - United Nations Development Programme – Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP), in partnership with IBM and Oracle held the Government Interoperability Frameworks (GIF) Workshop and Study Group Meeting at the Beijing International Hotel on 18-20 April 2007. The event was hosted by the Chinese Government’s State Council Informatization Office (SCITO).

APDIP e-Note 18 on Standards for Electronic Documents by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-08-01 03:01 PM

This APDIP e-Note provides a brief introduction to the history of document standards, explores the different standards for electronic documents and details the development of OpenDocument Format for Office Applications (ODF). It also looks at how governments worldwide have started to adopt ODF in public administration.

Malaysia formally embraces open doc format by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-08-14 08:26 AM

The Malaysian government announced plans to adopt open standards and the Open Document Format (ODF) within the country's public sector.