Without Open Standards, Nothing Fits

Without Open Standards, Nothing Fits

From wall sockets to file formats, our lives depend on shared rules that no one owns. LibreOffice's Italo Vignoli argues that open standards

The Philosophy of Open Document Format: Openness, Freedom and User Control

File formats are not usually the subject of philosophical debate because most users just want to open, save and share documents without any

Document Foundation criticizes Euro-Office for defaulting to Microsoft's OOXML format

Because the open-source web office Euro-Office relies on Microsoft's OOXML, it is facing criticism from the Document Foundation.

The Document Foundation welcomes Euro-Office's open standards pledge, urges ODF as native format

A welcome commitment to open standards — and why it should end with ODF as Euro-Office’s native document format. The Euro-Office pre-announc

Breaking Open Tech’s Black Box

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards

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