UNESCO and Sun Microsystems Announce Joint Education and Community Development... - The Diigo Meta page

• 22 May 09
  

  Paul Merrell

  Now it's "universal access to information and knowledge" via the OpenDocument Format? Is there no one at UNESCO who has the brains to check out vendor claims before buying into them? ODF is a standard in name only, without any specification of the conformity requirements essential to achieve interoperability. How a specification may be described as "open" when the information needed to implement it is missing has to rank up there in the top 10 of appeals to ignorance.

  • The agreement is part of UNESCO’s ongoing effort to improve digital
    inclusion globally by partnering with the private sector. Under its
    terms, Sun Microsystems and UNESCO will promote the use of open source
    technologies, including OpenOffice.org and OpenDocument Format (ODF)
    standard, as a low-cost way to improve education with universal access
    to information and knowledge. They will also support the development of
    open and inclusive knowledge societies in developing and emerging
    economies.

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