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EU-Japan Collaboration on Open Standards

By trond-arne.undheim on December 22, 2008 10:34 AM

Today, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced a Technology Reference Model for Japan's government procurement. The approach builds on open standards. The announcement also makes the close cooperation between Japan and the EU on using open...

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The Case for Open Standards

By trond-arne.undheim on November 1, 2008 4:02 AM

Yesterday, I presented to the OFE Executive Council in London about the work of OFE's Standards Special Interest Group, with a very clear message: there is a good case for Open Standards. 31oct2008 SigpublicView SlideShare presentation or Upload your...

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New Study: Public Sector Breaches EU Directives when Procuring Software

By trond-arne.undheim on October 22, 2008 12:05 PM

This is mind-boggling stuff. Public sector officials across Europe regularly breach EU Directives by mentioning brand names like “Microsoft” that are in fact trademarks in procurement documents, according to a study (press release, full study) by the not-for-profit organization Openforum...

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