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Open standards – like the Open Document Format used by #LibreOffice – are extremely beneficial to end users. They reduce vendor lock-in, improve compatibility between apps, and preserve your data for longer: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #openSource

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Whenever I talk to other technology users — including CTOs, CSOs and ICT managers, who in theory should have a certain level of expertise — I realise that most of them never consider standards when using applications, devices or websites.
Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
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Yes. Open Standards are hugely important. Especially in the face of big business desperate to grab as much of the digital space to lock in for their profits.
However many in IT push Open Source as the main solution. They need to realise Open standards are 'more' important. Think email. Clients needn't be open source. Yet we still have choice.
Open Source is the HOW. With Open Standards being the WHAT.
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