the dutch odf policy in retrospect
DESCRIPTION
In this presentation Fabrice Mous shares his experiences as former ODF project lead for the Dutch government and gives an honest view on the implementation of this policy. This presentation is meant as a lessons learned session and the experiences are to be considered as a set of recommendations.TRANSCRIPT
Detailing the Dutch ODF PolicyExperiences and RecommendationsQuestions and Discussions
Outline
Frank Heemskerk former minister of Trade March 2007
... preferred use of
open source software
... normative use of
open standards
interoperability level playing field
innovation no vendor-lockin
doublerequirement
The ODF policy is issued at the highest level but no clear mandate and it isn't rooted in law
No checks on compliance (High Trust).
Complying to policy is (more or less) voluntarily and sometimes even minimal.
