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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Adopt Open Document Format in National Archives. More details
Submitted by Mark Richards – Deadline to sign up by: 10 August 2008 – Signatures: 529
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Recently it was announced that National Archives are converting their stock of electronic documents into Microsoft Open XML format. This format is not supported outside of Microsoft's own products and ties the public to purchasing Microsoft Office should they wish to view the products, which is a cost of around £80-120 depending on version. It also ties a user to puchasing Microsoft Windows which is a cost of roughly £150 for the Basic edition or purchasing a new PC with Windows which is a cost of at around £200 for a new machine. Instead Open Document Format which is an accepted ISO standard unlike Open XML should be used. Open Document Format is supported on many major platforms and is freely available at no charge. It include all the necessary features for documents otherwise it would not be the ISO standard. There should not be a £250 charge to use Microsoft for accessing the National Archives electronically especially in light of the companies ongoing litigation with the EU regarding its anti-competitive actions.
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- Roy Leith
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- Martin Horner
- David Stark
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- Graeme Anderson
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- John Ingleby
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- Christine Horner
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- John Drinkwater
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- Jennifer Moore
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- Alister Bulman
- Malcolm Campbell
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- Janet Ford
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- mike wright
- Kira Patefield-Smith
- Martin Patefield-Smith
- Ann Newstead
- C Richardson
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- Philip Tucker
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- Alistair Gunn
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- Claire Lowry
- Steven Lowry
- Richard Leach
- Nathan Luckett
- Neil Prockter
- Alan Parslow
- Piers Meynell
- Christopher Kerr
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