--------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nick Demou <ndemou [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> Date: 21 Apr 2008 09:46 Subject: [Open-source] Μελέτη: στο δημόσιο δεν απαιτείται διαγωνισμός για την εγκατάσταση ΕΛ/ΛΑΚ To: open-source <open-source [ at ] grnet [ dot ] gr> from http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080420111512402&mode=print A Dutch study has recently been translated and published in English, "The acquisition of (open-source) software", by Nederland Open in Verbinding (NOiV), which finds that in [all of] Europe['s Public Administrations], gratis software does not require tendering and so gratis Open Source software can be freely downloaded without having to go through the usual purchase process. It's a guide to acquisition and implementation of Open Source software, and the authors are very interested in any input, comments, suggestions you might have. Then I noticed something in the study that caught my attention [...]: there is a European directive regarding the reuse of information. This states that governments must make their documents available in formats that are not bound to specific software, where possible and where appropriate. Open standards fulfill this requirement. Since the recent ISO FAQ says some claim the purpose of OOXML is to provide additional functionality ODF does not, namely to render Microsoft legacy documents, I wondered if OOXML, despite being approved as an ISO standard, can qualify under this directive. _______________________________________________ Open-source mailing list Open-source [ at ] grnet [ dot ] gr