That's why European organisations (& even national governments) should leverage their Invitations To Tender (ITT) and only accept submissions made using ODF formats (which all office suites can produce/edit/read).
Using open formats truly is a little 'price' for companies to pay, when they get hundreds of thousands or even millions € with an ITT.
#OpenFormats #ODF #Office #LibreOffice #Microsoft #Open #Alternative #Europe #EuropeanParliament #EuropeanCommission #ESA
Nice to see Cambridge University Libraries urge the use of open (non-proprietary) file formats:
"...we need to make sure the data files can be found and used by anyone at any time, forever. Ideally, this means using open file formats where possible..."
I'd rather we handwrite & mail letters back and forth.
The mere discussion of competing incompatible free meeting apps implies such larger societal problems than my remaining lifespan has to address even superficially.
#ThisMeetingCouldHaveBeenALetter #OpenFormats #RipGoogleHangOuts
![@gwhitta I would rather - and I do not say this lightly - use Microsoft Teams.
In reply to:
@cult_papa Nah, I'll go back to Skype, there's no way I'll meet on X. I'll quit first.
In reply to (reposted by Elon Musk):
DogeDesigner @cb_doge on X
Conferences on X are coming soon! You'll be able to host meetings just like on Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams.
[Giant Image of white X on black background ]](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/112/344/822/696/404/583/original/0b643c0fa50bfa98.png)
Let's try this again 😅:
In a mad dash to a client meeting, I made my first presentation in @ia Presenter.
I spent ninety-eight percent of my time shaping my message and two percent clumsily navigating a foreign UI. I spent zero percent on presentation layout and formatting. That part was done automatically and looked great.
More here: #ia #iapresenter #iawriter #openformats #markdown
https://fromjason.xyz/p/freelance/on-ia-presenter-and-my-mission-to-preserve-my-digital-assets/
@ShadowJonathan no.
because noone should use proprietary standards and codecs...
If it was my decision we'd only use #OpenStandards and #OpenFormats, but sadly it's not my decision...
@animemer @thecatcollective
- #ZFS, #Ceph, #IPFS and espechally #LTFS are FLOSS & Industry Standards.
- #CinemaDNG & #OpenEXR as well as #TIFF are #OpenFormats.
- #FLAC is the go-to for #Audiophiles
- #SIP & #ZRTP are the only #MultiVendor #VoIP protocols and run every #IP phone that isn't a #SCIP or #GSMK #CryptoPhone...
- #OpenVPN, #WireGuard, #IPsec & #L2TP are the only major #VON rptocols, also #OpenSource
- #LibreOffice ofc.
PDF is not enough: Axel Dürkop und Florian Hagen tell, why #science needs #openformats to communicate in timely manner.
https://www.tub.tuhh.de/blog/2022/10/25/oaweek2022-das-pdf-ist-nicht-genug/
https://tore.tuhh.de/entities/publication/714f66d7-a1ea-4c77-9a54-55a5c703cf8e/details
Congratulations. And, thank you for making it available in several #OpenFormats.
I'm excited because I've seen several well-intentioned authors who have only made their open / OER textbook available as PDFs, or worse, ask you to "just clone it in Pressbooks". Not all of us have academic Pressbooks accounts.
So, thanks! May your book be well received and used widely.
had to configure #windows today and after downloading exe-files from the internet, i installed stuff like #notepadpp, #7zip, #vlc,… all the things i know from the long gone past came back to me.it gave me chill seeing these win3.11 dialogues again and the different fonts, blurry or broken anti-aliasing, i don't know.
I am so happy to be able to work on #linux only. A #floss system that brings all base applications, works #ootb and supports #openFormats by default.
…and it has a package manager
#np #fediverse #fediart #fedimusic
LABR Presents - @brothersoul at 9pm GMT - Until
on their #owncast server! Check them out at: http://stream.labr.red.
live dj sets, soulful house music, dance adjacent jams. We thank you for your kindness and company in advance.
#music #dj #dance #housemusic #soulfulhouse #rock #openformats #livesets #mashups #house #LABR #loveabrotherradio
#np #fediverse #fediart #fedimusic
LABR Presents - @brothersoul at 9pm GMT - Until
on their #owncast server! Check them out at: http://stream.labr.red.
live dj sets, soulful house music, dance adjacent jams. We thank you for your kindness and company in advance.
#music #dj #dance #housemusic #soulfulhouse #rock #openformats #livesets #mashups #house #LABR #loveabrotherradio
#np #nowplaying #fediverse #fediart #fedimusic
LABR LIVE has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at: https://stream.labr.red.
live dj sets, soulful house music, dance adjacent jams
#music #dj #dance #housemusic #soulfulhouse #rock #rnb #openformats #livesets #mashups #house #LABR #blackowned #nativeowned
#np #nowplaying #f#fediverse #fediart #fedimusic
LABR LIVE has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
stream.labr.red.
live dj sets, soulful house music, dance adjacent jams
#music #dj #dance #housemusic #soulfulhouse #rock #openformats #livesets #mashups #house #LABR
Make no mistake, FB and the rest of the corporate tech giants will do their best to make any internet rules - national or international - work in their favour, and make life hard for smaller players. Just as they have with the #EUCopyrightDirective. But it's also an opportunity for tech activists and civil society groups to do the opposite, and get rules on things like #Dataportability in #OpenFormats, that empower users to transition from the#DataFarms to community-scale #EthicalTech platforms.
