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<small><font size="+2"><small><font face="Ubuntu">Requiring open
formats is actually OS agnostic but any movement in that
direction makes FOSS applications competitive. There was a
UK proposal to require ODF formats for all government
documents a few months ago. There was some discussion about
this on the LO user list and the consensus was it would hurt
MS as it evens the playing field for all office suites Many
assumed if adopted that other vendors would be able to add
ODF support rather easily and FOSS alternatives (LO, AOO,
and Calligra) would be competing on merits. It would help
Linux because the FOSS office suites on Linux all use ODF as
their native format However, on the LO user list, I think
the consensus was users would be more likely to switch
suites rather than OSes if the proposal was adopted.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/17/2014 07:22 PM, Wolf Halton
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<div dir="ltr">If several governments start requiring open
formats, that will help too. Windows is on a downward
trajectory. They cannot decide if they want to stay on the
desktop/laptop horse or fully commit to the phone/tablet horse,
so they are about to find themselves on their collective butts
between the ruts of the trails of those 2 horses, running away.
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 8:47 PM, Jay
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face="Ubuntu">Hi,<br>
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I saw a link to this article on Softpedia (from
Ostatic):<br>
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The article noted the Chinese government is beginning
to push Chinese XP users to consider adopting Linux.
It did note that many user preferred applications do
not have a Linux version currently available. But
often there are FOSS equivalents available that are
suitable for many users. It also noted that Russia and
Germany are actively pursuing Linux. <br>
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My take is this is probably what Linux needs to get
market traction; a very large market to switch to
Linux. If the Chinese convert to mostly Linux hardware
vendors and commercial software vendors will need to
support Linux or abandon the Chinese market. Other
than the unmentionable I believe most vendors will
follow market trends. If the trends is towards Linux,
they will follow.<span class="HOEnZb"><font
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