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Tag Archives: South Africa
Pretoria ODF Users Workshop
I’m a bit tardy in reporting what happened last week at the Second International ODF Users Conference, held in Pretoria, South Africa. This was the first time I was ever in Africa, much less South Africa, and so I was … Continue reading
Ah, Pretoria!
I arrived in Pretoria this evening in order to attend the ODF Users Workshop being held here on Thursday and Friday. I’m excited to be here for a couple of reasons. First, I wasn’t able to attend last year’s meeting … Continue reading
On to South Africa
I’m in Dulles Airport in Washington on my way to Pretoria, South Africa, for the International ODF User Conference. I flew here from Chicago, where I visited my daughter at college. I’m trying to get more comfortable with finding my … Continue reading
India also files appeal on OOXML to ISO and IEC
Thanks to Russell in a comment to my previous blog entry. PCWorld is reporting that in addition to South Africa, both Brazil and India are appealing the OOXML decision to ISO and IEC. Somehow after this last week’s news regarding … Continue reading
links for 2007-02-24
Open Source E-Commerce News: Software: South African Government Adopts Open Source Policy “South Africa announced Thursday its plan to use open source software on government-run computer systems.” (tags: opensource) JBoss founder departs Red Hat | CNET News.com “As expected, JBoss … Continue reading
Posted in Document Formats, News, Open Source
Tagged Finland, Google, Graphics, JBoss, ODF, Red Hat, South Africa, UK
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ODF adoption in South Africa
Hot on the news about the OpenDocument Format becoming a standard in Italy, we have this about adoption in the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR): CSIR President and CEO Dr Sibusiso Sibisi, a well-known proponent of … Continue reading
links for 2006-09-19
PDF Adobe Builds on Acrobat Strengths “eWEEK Labs Review: With Acrobat 8 Professional Beta 1, Adobe makes it even easier for users to create, share and secure documents.” (tags: adobe acrobat pdf) Nuance – PDF Solutions (tags: pdf) OpenOffice conference … Continue reading
Posted in Document Formats, Education, News, Open Source
Tagged Adobe, OpenOffice.org, PDF, South Africa
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