A group of thirteen Copenhagen hospitals and their almost 25,000 workers will, over the next year, move to using LibreOffice, the community maintained and developed fork of the OpenOffice.org office suite.
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Danish ministry leaves out open source savings in report on police budget
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In a report requested by the parliament on the Police budget, the Danish ministry of Finance has left out recommendations by its consultants to switch to open source, which would result in savings of a 100 million kroner (about 13 million Euro), Danish newspapers report.
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ODF Alliance Newsletter: February 2010 (PDF)
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ODF Alliance Newsletter for February 2010. Contains latest news regarding open formats, including adoption by various governments around the world.
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Denmark to implement ODF document standard
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Last Friday, after four years of deliberation, representatives of all parties in the Danish parliament (Folketing) reached an agreement to adopt the OpenDocument Format (ODF) as their official format for saving documents from April 2011. Initially, the decision will not affect any regional or communal authorities; a decision in this respect is to follow at a later stage.
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ODF is Winning in Europe; ‘Microsoft Press’ Spreads ODF FUD as OpenOffice.org Passes to Oracle
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Victories for ODF, especially in Denmark; other developments that bring about better ODF support, still facing the usual FUD from Redmond
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Helge Sander Helps Microsoft Again by Blocking ODF in Denmark
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Danish minister with history of Microsoft affinity is suspending a move to make OpenDocument Format the only national standard
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White-Collar Crime Pays Off, Shows Microsoft OOXML
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OOXML scandals in France revisited; Microsoft blasted in Denmark over OOXML lies, reveals the Danish press
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EIF Scrutinised, ODF Evolves, and Microsoft’s OOXML “Lies” lead to backlash
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Amid the fight against open standards, ODF 1.2 is coming and Microsoft is accused of “lying” about OOXML
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DK: Rødovre municipality: OpenOffice will be cheaper to maintain
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"OpenOffice will be cheaper to maintain and will run better than Microsoft's proprietary alternative", expects Lars Roark, IT manager at the Danish municipality of Rødovre, according to reports in Danish media. According to Business DK, the Rødovre municipality has kept its move to OpenOffice under wraps, fearing criticism from Microsoft.
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Schools start to move to OpenOffice
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The administration of the Danish municipality of Lyngby-Taarbæk is installing OpenOffice on some 1700 school desktop PCs, in Germany the city of Münster has started a pilot using OpenOffice in schools
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ODF Gains Ground in Denmark, Endorsed by Hungarian Standards Institution
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The latest success stories of ODF include a hospital in Denmark and legislative moves in Hungary
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The End of Software Patents?
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Further developments in Bilski may herald a new age; Denmark lays off many patent examiners amid sanity redux
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Sander’s Report Ignores Microsoft’s OOXML Corruptions
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A new report on document formats is released in Denmark, but it neglects to mention very important details
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Germany and Denmark Show Signs of Endorsement of Appeals, Complaints Against ISO OOXML
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One reader is suggesting that there might now be 5 (formal appeals against OOXML); Germany's DIN jumps in to the debate also
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A Reminder: ISO's Code of Ethics and What Happens Next
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Now that there have been at least three official appeals filed against OOXML, by South Africa, Brazil and India, as well as a letter of protest from a participant entity at the BRM over the way matters were handled in Denmark, I thought this might be an excellent time to take a moment and remind ISO of its published Code of Ethics [PDF].
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