EU Should Switch To ODF Standard, Says MEP

DTentilhao (3484023) writes "The European institutions should switch to using the Open Document Format (ODF) as their internal default document format, says Member of the European Parliament Indrek Tarand. Speaking at a meeting of the European Parliament's Free Software User Group (Epfsug), last week Wednesday, MEP Tarand said: 'Moving to ODF would allow real innovation, and real procurement.'"

MEP = Members of European Parliament

[turp182]

I also believe that there should have been more abbreviations in the title, something like this:
EU SST To ODF Standard, says MEP (SST = Should Switch To)

Why switch to that Euro-weenie format?

[Anonymous Coward]

The MS Office file formats are far more powerful, flexible, entrenched, and every bit as open as ODF.


Switching formats will just make old documents unreadable. Where will that leave Europe?

it works! I am now innovating!!!

[chentiangemalc]

At first I thought this MEP was exaggerating the benefits of switching to ODF...but then since making the switch to PDF this morning I immediately began "real innovation" Before lunch I already had applied for 12 patents, written an innovative sci-fi novel, and designed a spring & summer fashin collection. In addition, with the help of Amazon & eBay I began experiencing the orgasmic elation of "real procurement"

Re:it works! I am now innovating!!!

[bloodhawk]

Ease into it. One letter at a time.