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8.15.2007

Malaysia formally embraces Open Document Format

The Malaysian government today announced plans to adopt open standards and the Open Document Format (ODF) within the country's public sector.

The Malaysian Administration Modernization and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) last week issued a tender for a nine-month study to evaluate the usage of open standards in its information communications technology (ICT) deployment. The study will also look into how the Malaysian public sector should migrate to open standards and the ODF, according to the Malaysia Open Source Software Alliance (MOSSA).

more at zdnetasia.com

Lotus Notes 8 with OpenOffice?

Obviously IBM push harder in supporting ODF and Open Source technology.

More at vnunet.com

IBM is preparing to ship a new version of its Lotus Notes and Domino applications on 17 August, according to a company website that was published on Tuesday.

Notes will also incorporate additional productivity applications such as OpenOffice.