Group urges Australian governments to adopt open standards (The Age)

The Age reports that Open Source Victoria has urged the Australian Federal and State governments to mandate the use of open, documented and inter-operable file formats and data communication protocols. "Consultations within the group had shown that such policies would attract widespread support across the political spectrum, OSV said, adding that if this mix of purchasing policies was adopted, Free and Open Source Software such as Linux would be the best route to fulfilling these requirements, but all technologies could compete openly and fairly." (Thanks to Vladimir Likic)

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