Hungary mandates open standards
The Hungarian government has mandated the use of open standards in its departments in a move to help "foster" competition in the software market. The Open Standards Alliance said that the Hungarian Parliament amended Act LX of 2009 on electronic public services last week. It issued a 10-point amendment that makes the use of …
..perhaps i'm not reading the innuendo sub-title correctly but what link is there between open *standards* and lack of competition ?... - it's rather the opposite IME. Open *source* and competition is a somewhat different matter... but that isn't what was reported in the head-liner.
Why is it always the funny foreign countries that make the sensible decisions?
Not until MS patch Office 97 to comply to an open standard, or get the standard amended so that it allows files produced by Office 97.
