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

[Christopher Rose]

Signed for CFPA-WA (politics, ask off list).


----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Parris" <evangelinux at matheteuo.org>
To: "A Christian virtual Free Software and Linux Users Group." <Christiansource at ofb.biz>
Subject: [CS-FSLUG] Petition for ODF Support in MS Office
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:17:32 -0400

> 
> 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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