Slashdot: Australia Mandates Microsoft's Office Open XML http://noooxml.wikidot.com/forum/t-300470/slashdot:australia-mandates-microsoft-s-office-open-xml Posts in the discussion thread "Slashdot: Australia Mandates Microsoft's Office Open XML" - The Australian Government has released a [...] policy that [...] mandates the ECMA-376 version of Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) standard and productivity suites that can 'read and write' the .docx format, effectively locking the country's public servants into using Microsoft Office. The policy also appears to limit desktop operating systems to large, off-the-shelf commercial offerings at the expense of smaller distributions. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:52:17 +0000 http://noooxml.wikidot.com/forum/t-300470#post-978374 Slashdot: Australia Mandates Microsoft's Office Open XML http://noooxml.wikidot.com/forum/t-300470/slashdot:australia-mandates-microsoft-s-office-open-xml#post-978374 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:53:58 +0000 ggiedke 32664 "The Australian Government has released a common operating environment desktop policy that — among security controls aimed at reducing the potential for leaks of Government data — mandates the ECMA-376 version of Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) standard and productivity suites that can 'read and write' the .docx format, effectively locking the country's public servants into using Microsoft Office. The policy also appears to limit desktop operating systems to large, off-the-shelf commercial offerings at the expense of smaller distributions."

Source: http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/01/19/0059209/Australia-Mandates-Microsofts-Office-Open-XML

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