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Microsoft could get the boot from the French government if a new recommendation from an official advisor is adopted.
DISIC (Direction interministérielle des systèmes d'information et de communication de l'État) has recommended that French authorities ditch Microsoft Office tools in favour of the Open Document Format (ODF). DISIC is responsible for harmonising and reducing the costs of all state computers, including government ministries, state and regional departments and local authorities, and sees ODF as the best way to make them all interoperable.
According to sources, an initial draft of the report envisaged outlawing Microsoft's Open XML altogether, although with some agencies using tools specifically developed for use with Open XML, DISIC relented.
However, the final version strongly encourages the phasing out of Microsoft's ware in favour of ODF.
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Saturday July 25 2015, @05:33PM
Of 3 computers running 2 different versions of windows that I have, I was having problems just moving the same .doc files between them, all on Different ages of MS Office. Once I'd loaded OO on all three I've never had any problem opening or working with any text document nor any spreadsheet document. Nor any formatting problems even with MS Office documents. And no problems opening any cloud file nor any file sent to me via email. With MS Office I often had problems opening and working with cloud files and file sent via email.
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts"- --Daniel Patrick Moynihan--
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2015, @11:27AM
It's lucky you never have to open files with references or cross-references [documentfoundation.org].