Re: [oiic-formation-discuss] Another comment, and a .gov constraint oninterop.

"Dave Pawson" <>
wrote on 06/16/2008 05:38:28 PM:

> Another article on xml.com

> http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/blog/2008/06/

> the_era_of_closed_formats_is_d.html?CMP=OTC-TY3388567169&ATT=The+era

> +of+closed+formats+is+dead

> 

> which references a S.African .gov document, PDF, at

> http://www.dpsa.gov.za/documents/egov/MIOSVer4_1_2007.pdf

> which offers ODF as a viable option. Topic is interoperability standards.

> 

I'm in Pretoria right now, with Patrick Durusau and
Steve Pepper.  We're speaking at the conference mentioned in the interview
Rick links to.  I lost a couple days in travel (Boston -> Atlanta
-> Dakar -> Johannesburg) which explains the delay in my responses.
 I'll be similarly incommunicado at the end of this week.

-Rob