[CS-FSLUG] Petition for ODF Support in MS Office

[Nicholas Donato]

Thanks Don!

On 10/22/05, Don Parris <evangelinux at matheteuo.org> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I thought this was important to post here.  I strongly encourage everyone on
> this list to sign the petition to encourage Microsoft to support
> OpenDocument.  When I signed ( a few minutes ago), there were over 1400
> signatures representing nearly 70,000 computers.  While I am not a fan of
> Microsoft, I do believe they should support the OpenDocument format.  See
> below for the links to the petition.
>
> Blessings,
> Don
>
>
> Microsoft has said that they will support OpenDocument in MS Office if there
> is customer demand for it.
>
> The OpenDocument Fellowship has started a petition for Microsoft to support
> OpenDocument. To show that there /is/ demand for OpenDocument:
>
> http://opendocumentfellowship.org/petition/
>
> After only one day, the petition has gathered 788 signatures representing
> 44,425 computers who are asking MS to support OpenDocument:
>
> http://opendocumentfellowship.org/petition/status.php
>
> The petition is available in English, French and German. We have some nice
> images that you can use on your website to tell the world to Demand
> OpenDocument!
>
> http://opendocumentfellowship.org/Main/HomePage
>
> Sign the petition today! Tell your friends. Tell your family. Talk to your
> local school, your Member of Parliament/Congress, and show support for the
> OpenDocument.
>
> If you need information about OpenDocument to help you convince people,
> please take a look at the Resources section:
>
> http://opendocumentfellowship.org/Resources/HomePage
>
> You should probably start with the FAQ page. If there is a Question that is
> not yet answered, please post it on the advocates list.
>
> List name: odf-advocates at opendocumentfellowship.org
> Subscribe: odf-advocates-subscribe at opendocumentfellowship.org
>
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