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KROS joins Digistan as Polish chapter
Polish organization KROS, the Coalition for Open Standards, has joined the growing international community that is building the Digital Standards Organization. — Comments: 0 — by 
pieterh 1210324123|%O ago
Digistan France launches LesStandardsNumeriques.org
"Les Standards Numériques est la plateforme francophone de Digistan, the Digital Standards Organization. Digistan regroupe des professionnels des formats numériques et a pour but de promouvoir le choix des consommateurs, la libre concurrence et la croissance dans l'économie numérique par le biais de la compréhension, le développement et l'adoption de standards informatiques libres et ouverts." — Comments: 0 — by pieterh 1210153455|%O ago
Ecuador migrates to Free Software and Open Standards
On April 10, 2008, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa Delgado signed a decree ordering that the software used by public administrations in the country be free software (and implicitly based on open standards). Fuller story in Spanish... — Comments: 2 — by pieterh 1207934549|%O ago
Digistan workshop - The Hague, 21st May 2008
Digistan organizes its next workshop in the Hague on 21st May 2008. The programme covers all Digistan workgroups including Domino, the project to translate the Dutch e-government framework for international use. — Comments: 0 — by pieterh 1207469700|%O ago
29 November 2007 - "Standards and Patents" in London
Microsoft are running a conference on the subject of standards and patents, "Providing unique insight into standards and key patent issues affecting companies that use hi-tech equipment." — Comments: 0 — by pieterh 1195120296|%O ago
MS-funded interoperability study tells governments, "it ain't broke, don't fix it"
"The findings of an international study released today by researchers from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School and the Research Center for Information Law, University of St. Gallen indicate that private sector leadership, more so than government intervention, is the optimal method for ensuring that technologies work well together and innovation flourishes... The research was sponsored by Microsoft Corporation." — Comments: 0 — by pieterh 1195119698|%O ago
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A free and open standard is a published specification that is immune to vendor capture, at all stages in its life-cycle. Read more...
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