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Malaysia formally embraces open doc format

by Khairil Yusof last modified 2007-08-14 08:26 AM
Contributors: Lynn Tan, ZDNet Asia
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The Malaysian government announced plans to adopt open standards and the Open Document Format (ODF) within the country's public sector.

"These discussions centered on open formats, particularly as they relate to office documents, their importance for the current and future accessibility of government records, and the relative 'openness' of the format options available to us," Nor Aliah explained.

The Malaysian Administration Modernization and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) last week issued a tender for a nine-month study to evaluate the usage of open standards in its information communications technology (ICT) deployment. The study will also look into how the Malaysian public sector should migrate to open standards and the ODF, according to the Malaysia Open Source Software Alliance (MOSSA).

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