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What's sauce for the goose
By INQUIRER newsdesk
<javascript:__doPostBack('article_body$lnkEmailForm','')>: Thursday 12
July 2007, 17:57
*JAPAN * accepted a policy to take bids from software vendors which
support international open standards.
Until now, government agencies were able to ask bidders to bid on
products based on whether products offered services which were similar
to other software suites. Now, however, the Japanese government will be
making products which use open standards a higher priority.
Open Document Format Alliance (ODF) managing director Marino Marcich
thinks the move's a step in the right direction for the rest of the
world, Japan being a shining example. "By giving preference to open
software formats such as ODF, it is saying that information should be
comparitively priced and easily available to the widest range of people,
now in the future."
"We hail Japan," Marino bizarrely added.
Justsystems general manager Masayuki Hayase reckons the move's a good'un
too: "The framework will propel healthy competition and open up more
opportunities for small and medium-sized companies in Japan," he said.
Check out Govtech
<http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/126612?utm_source=gten_070711&utm_medium=enews&utm_content=story>
for more, and if it takes your fancy, head on over to the ODF official
webbie here <http://www.odfalliance.org/>. µ
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40958
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