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Subject: [tdf-announce] The Document Foundation joins OpenDoc Society
Date: Wednesday 12 January 2011, 08:21:03
From: Italo Vignoli <italo.vignoli@xxxxxxxxx>
To: announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Amsterdam, January 12th, 2011 - OpenDoc Society, the global
association that promotes best practices for office applications, today
announced that The Document Foundation has become an organizational
member. The Document Foundation joins other companies, Open Source
communities, public sector organizations and not-for-profits that are
already members organizations of OpenDoc Society, such as Cap Gemini,
Google, IBM, CWI and the Netherlands Department of Defense. OpenDoc
Society brings together individuals and organizations with a stake or
interest in the openness and future of documents, to learn from each
other and share knowledge and best practices about core technologies,
available tools, policy issues, transition strategies, legal aspects
and of course the latest innovations.
The Document Foundation promotes the development of LibreOffice, a free
and Open Source office suite for personal and enterprise productivity,
with strong ODF support. TDF is independent of any single vendor, but
is supported by companies such as Novell, Red Hat, Canonical and
Google, and by major free software projects. LibreOffice is attractive
for developers because it promotes a fully Open Source development
environment, based on a mature personal productivity platform, without
requiring any copyright assignment from contributors.
"We are glad to become part of OpenDoc Society," says Italo Vignoli, a
member of The Document Foundation's steering committee, "Because we
feel that the association's work of promoting interoperability between
ODF implementations and sharing knowledge about best practices, fits
together well with the mission of The Document Foundation to provide a
full-featured Open Source productivity tool with strong ODF support.
Interoperability is something that we â as a community â have to work
on together and, with its fostering of events such as ODF plugfests
and tools like Officeshots.org, OpenDoc Society has been a driving
factor in this area".
"The Document Foundation has ambitious plans and a strong community,
and they are bringing more choice to the table for end users. The
market for office applications is huge, and TDF is ready to claim its
rightful part. TDF's strong commitment to the Open Document Format as
the primary driver behind real-world interoperability is commendable,
and we are very happy to welcome it as a member organization", says
Michiel Leenaars, Vice-President of OpenDoc Society. "We look forward
to its ideas and contributions."
*** About The Document Foundation
The Document Foundation has the mission of facilitating the evolution
of the OOo Community into a new, open, independent, and meritocratic
organization within the next few months. An independent Foundation is
a better reflection of the values of our contributors, users and
supporters, and will enable a more effective, efficient and transparent
community. TDF will protect past investments by building on the
achievements of the first decade, will encourage wide participation
within the community, and will co-ordinate activity across the
community.
*** About OpenDoc Society
OpenDoc Society brings together individuals and organizations with a
stake or interest in the openness and future of documents, to learn
from each other and share knowledge - about core technologies,
available tools, policy issues, transition strategies, legal aspects
and of course the latest innovations. Whether you are a developer,
publisher, decision-taker, educator, vendor, IT manager, academic,
writer or archivist, or simply an involved citizen, OpenDocSociety.org
provides a bridge for you to meet interesting like-minded people, to
learn from and to cooperate with. OpenDoc Society is supported by a
significant number of organizations
The OpenDoc Society is an initiative that was launched in 2007 by a
number of individuals from various sectors of society, including
science, education and research, software vendors, Open Source
communities, the arts, and government. The OpenDoc Society wants to
build local human networks of experts and stakeholders in ODF from all
areas. It want to be a leading organization in spreading knowledge
about open document formats, such as ODF and PDF, to society at large,
through publications, workshops, masterclasses and tutorials for
developers, decision-takers, end users and other stakeholders. It
wants to foster and strengthen the ecosystem around open document
formats â from enterprise content management, to assistive software
for the visually impaired, to readers for cellphones and game
consoles.
Media Contacts for TDF
Florian Effenberger (Germany)
Mobile: +49 151 14424108 - E-mail: floeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Olivier Hallot (Brazil)
Mobile: +55 21 88228812 - E-mail:
olivier.hallot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Charles H. Schulz (France)
Mobile: +33 6 98655424 - E-mail: charles.schulz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Italo Vignoli (Italy)
Mobile: +39 348 5653829 - E-mail: italo.vignoli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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E-mail: italo.vignoli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mobile +39.348.5653829 - VoIP: +39.02.320621813
Skype: italovignoli - GTalk: italo.vignoli@xxxxxxxxx
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