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hyper_ch
July 18th, 2008, 05:50 PM
NATO has included the International Standardization Organization's (ISO) certified Open Document Format (ODF) in its list of mandatory standards to promote interoperability. NATO's standards list includes Rich Text Format (RTF), extensible markup language (XML) and Office XP formats as requirements for the sharing of data.[...]

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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/NATO-supports-ODF-open-document-format--/111127
madjr
July 18th, 2008, 06:04 PM
NATO = OTAN

North Atlantic treaty Org

as i know it :)
Canis familiaris
July 18th, 2008, 06:31 PM
Great!
newbie2
July 18th, 2008, 06:51 PM
Observers say that the Dutch Defence Ministry threw its weight behind ODF. The public sector in the Netherlands expressly supports open standards and open source.
:popcorn:
LaRoza
July 18th, 2008, 07:46 PM
Great! Now they will be able to say they are doing something useful :-)
mips
July 18th, 2008, 08:21 PM
I really can't see the US military machine implementing ODF.
LaRoza
July 18th, 2008, 09:01 PM
I really can't see the US military machine implementing ODF.

"military machine"? What does that mean? The US military != NATO
mips
July 18th, 2008, 10:53 PM
"military machine"? What does that mean? The US military != NATO

Clarify != and then I'll comment.
Barrucadu
July 18th, 2008, 11:18 PM
!= means "is not equal to"
hyper_ch
July 18th, 2008, 11:22 PM
!= is programming geek talk ;)

but I'd say the biggest military force within the NATO is the US military.
bruce89
July 18th, 2008, 11:44 PM
The US military != NATO

US military == NATO essentially these days.
MaxIBoy
July 19th, 2008, 01:07 AM
You mean the U.S. Military = NATO. "==" is for asking questions, as in "Does the U.S. Military == NATO?"


Anyway, I thought this quote was very amusing:

Despite these initiatives, the Hague aims to put even more pressure on users to migrate to open standards and Linux so that the company can play a pioneer role in Europe. Microsoft's strong protests against the new plan were not long in coming: rumour has it that Redmond threatened yesterday to take the Dutch to the European Court of Justice to protest what the firm sees as violations of competition law when the plan takes effect.

Sorry, Microsoft, you're not allowed to call anyone "anti-competitive."
bruce89
July 19th, 2008, 01:07 AM
You mean the U.S. Military = NATO. "==" is for asking questions, as in "Does the U.S. Military == NATO?"


Bugger. My brain is off, sorry.
MaxIBoy
July 19th, 2008, 01:09 AM
No worries, I've made the exact opposite mistake before.