By Will Sturgeon
Published: Friday 16 September 2005
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Name
John McCreesh
Location
UK
Occupation
Marketing Contact, OpenOffice.org
Comment
This is another classic example why government departments should not be using proprietary file formats like MS-Word *.doc to store information.
The government should make the use of the open-standard OpenDocument format mandatory for suppliers of software to the public sector within an urgent timescale - say eighteen months to two years.
This would not only spare ministers' blushes. It would also be a key enabler of 'joined up talking' to public sector IT systems.
This is another classic example why government dep...
John McCreesh
Releasing gov't documents in Word with tracked cha...
Ian Savell
Actually with Word 2003, you don't even have to lo...
Graham Thomas
So much for the Adobe Acrobat 'black' cabs!?!?!
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Ruprecht
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Since you ask, you can of course...
John McCreesh
Apart from totally agreeing with what Ruprecht say...
Sarah
"...you can of course create pdfs directly from Op...
Ruprecht
While a case can be made for private business keep...
Anonymous
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