Latest News on Standards

Berlin won't migrate to open source, looks to open standards instead

 

Australia mulls requiring OpenDocument Format compatibility

 

The fight for HTML5: 'Keep DRM out' lobby steps up standards battle

 

Government reveals board members expected to drive open standards

 

Croatian government creates working group on open source and open standards

 

Rising to the challenge on open standards

 

Microsoft joins Open Data Center Alliance to promote cloud standards, interoperability

 

Cabinet Office chucks hefty rulebook at paper-chewing gov bods

 

Open standards drive needed in risk-averse public sector says govt Digital Director

 

EU Data Protection and Open Standards

 

The U.K. Cabinet Office Solves the Open Standards Policy Conundrum

 

Portuguese government goes ODF only

 

Portuguese Government Adopts ODF as Sole Editable Document Format

 

U.K. Digital Strategy Receives Praise

 

Whitehall's open standards champions face 'real battle' to win over sceptics

 

UK Government finalizes Open Standards Principles: The Bigger Picture

 

U.K. Government Embraces Openness

 

Government IT projects: UK adopts open technology standards

 

Finally: UK Open Standards are RF, not FRAND

 

UK governments must comply with open standards

 

The government's open standards policy is bold, important and very carefully written

 

UK open standards and the proprietary ecosystem

 

On Open Source, Standards, Clouds, Strategy and Open Stack

 

Checking Back in on OpenStand

 

Yes, Network Effects Are a Problem for Open Formats

 

EU Clears Way to Use Consortium Standards

 

Steelie Neelie: Settle your Do-No-Track squabbles or else

 

Reform of the European standardisation system

 

Google rewrites dot-doc death note

 

Impact Imminent: Open Source and Standards

 

Openness is Alive and Well (and Living in Europe)

 

Europe's Cloud Computing Strategy Calls for More Standardization

 

European Cloud Computing Strategy to call for standardisation

 

Innovation the winner in IT standards revamp

 

Software Freedom & the status quo

 

New EU rules on standardization to boost IT procurement

 

9th ODF plugfest in Berlin

 

A Question of (Open) Standards

 

The Document Foundation joins OASIS standards organisation

 

Leading Standards Organizations Assert Principles of a "New Global Standards Paradigm"

 

Oracle rallies PaaS providers to float cloud interop spec

 

Open Standards in Government IT: An Academic Review of the Evidence

 

Office to Become Fully Open XML Compliant (at last)

 

1992: Open standards doomed from outset

 

Red Hat and Canonical 'traitors' to open source for working with Microsoft

 

On Software obsolescence

 

Improved OOXML support for LibreOffice and OpenOffice

 

Open Source Law Releases Report On Open Standards

 

'Confusion about open standards clouds public debate'

 

EU Regulation on Standardisation - Good agreements reached in legal decision making process

 

EU Clears Way to Use Consortium Standards

 

Oracle case crippled after judge rules APIs can’t be copyrighted

 

Technology Leaders Support OASIS Standards for Open Data Protocol

 

Open Standards Consultation Nearing Close

 

Thoughts on the certification

 

How Microsoft Fought True Open Standards V

 

UK Open Standards consultation - workshop on IPRs

 

Software industry reclaims open standards debate

 

Swedish schools confused about document file formats and applications

 

How Microsoft Fought True Open Standards IV

 

Accommodating Telecoms

 

How Microsoft Fought True Open Standards III

 

Open Standards consultation – important update

 

Cabinet Office Acts On Discovery Of Undisclosed Conflict Of Interest

 

FOI shows bureaucratic bungle behind open standards u-turn

 

Support for ODF from the Hungarian government

 

OSI Supports Open Standards

 

UK Open Standards experts publish joint statement on Government consultation

 

The debate about the UK open standards policy – is it a story like the one of the spider and the bee?

 

Interview with Charles-H. Schulz on Open Standards

 

UK Government Open Standards Consultation closes soon

 

Does Microsoft Office Lock-in Cost the UK Government £500 Million?

 

Microsoft Adds ODF, Short UK, 300MB file Uploads To Skydrive

 

How Microsoft Fought True Open Standards II

 

Dear open standards lobby: SHOUT LOUDER!!

 

How Microsoft Fought True Open Standards I

 

Proprietary lobby triumphs in first open standards showdown

 

Are open standards a closed barrier?

 

Of Microsoft, Netscape, Patents and Open Standards

 

EU Legal Package on Standardisation: legal process taking up speed - some key issues for the ICT part

 

Open Standards Open Opportunities

 

Microsoft redeploys OOXML in open standards battle

 

Document Freedom Day 2012

 

"What's an open standard?" says ISO

 

Microsoft's Open Standards Fairy Tale

 

European countries aligning their interoperability policies

 

Interoperability, Standards and Market Power

 

The bright future of LibreOffice

 

New ISO brochure focuses on force multipliers of ICT standards innovation

 

UK Open Standards Consultation Submission

 

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About FRAND (But didn’t know who to ask)

 

Open Season on Open Standards

 

Questions over open standards lobbyists

 

Paper on Standardisation and Innovation

 

Cabinet Office: no lobby influence on open standards

 

Extended Call for Tender for Improvement of OOXML Support in LibreOffice / OpenOffice

 

ODF Toolkit gets first Apache release

 

Hope shines through crack in lid of open standards coffin

 

UK Government Betrayal of Open Standards Confirmed

 

Microsoft hustled UK retreat on open standards, says leaked report