I’m going to have to learn how to pronounce “ODF” in French

There’s a great story coming out of France as reported by InfoWorld (“French gov’t report recommends standardizing on ODF”) and CNET (“French government report lauds ODF”). According to InfoWorld:

All French government publications should be made available in OpenDocument Format (ODF), according to a report commissioned by the French prime minister.

In his report, “On Equal Terms,” National Assembly Deputy Bernard Carayon calls for a law making it compulsory for French government departments to use ODF when they create or distribute documents, and suggests that France ask its European partners to do likewise when exchanging documents at a European level.

Obviously, this is excellent news and should, I believe, lead to similar and more frequent actions by other governments around the world.

The original French article about this is “France: un rapport gouvernemental soutient les standards ouverts”.