[Lust] Re: Demand OpenDocument - Petition

[Karl]

Here is the first major petition from the Open Document Fellowship, an
organisation setup to specifically tackle the basic standards in office
software implementation.
[quote]
Our Mission
To support the work of community volunteers in promoting, improving and
providing user assistance for the OASIS Open Document Format for Office
Applications (OpenDocument) and software designed to operate on data in
this format.
[/quote]
http://opendocumentfellowship.org/petition/

Here is some related stuff:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20051029212458555
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/home?wid=10&func=viewSubmission&sid=837
That was Mainly Massachussets I know but lots of relevant details on open standards

Watch the video clip acompaying this next article and enjoy the emptiness of Morgan Reeds arguments:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20051029003221131
http://media.law.harvard.edu:8888/ramgen/berkman/fall_05/2005_10_27_berkman_ibmoegmeet.rm