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May
4
Open Document Format is now ISO standard 26300
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The International Standards Organization has accepted the Open Document Format developed by OpenOffice.org as an international standard. Good news, freedom lovers! Perhaps governments and other stubborn bodies will not be so eager to force citizens (the owners of their own personal data) to use "industry standard software" such as Microsoft Office. Instead, as the OO.o press release states, "For the first time in the history of computing, software users will be guaranteed that they will be able to use their data in any compliant software package, both now and in the future." Nice job, OpenOffice hackers and suits!