Open Malaysia

From ZDNet Asia comes the breaking news that Malaysia formally embraces Open Document Format!

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"The Malaysian Administration Modernization and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) last week issued a tender for a nine-month study to evaluate the usage of open standards in its information communications technology (ICT) deployment. The study will also look into how the Malaysian public sector should migrate to open standards and the ODF..."

This is indeed a strong commitment by the Malaysian Government to open standards, and in particular, ODF! The study to be conducted will provide a roadmap for implementing ODF in Malaysia's public sector.

This is hot on the heels of Japan having earlier embraced open standards. Outside Asia Pacific, other countries with pro-ODF policies include Belgium, Norway, France, Denmark, Brazil, Poland and Croatia.

Onward Malaysia!