:UWStudent.org: Waterloo Federation of Students Shifting to Open Standards
UWStudent.org: Waterloo Federation of Students Shifting to Open Standards Apr 6, 2004, 02 :30 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (3635 reads) (Other stories by Rob Ewaschuk and Jesse Helmer)
"On Thursday, Math Co-op Councillor Albert O'Connor sent an email to the Feds Council mailing list, indicating his intention to move that Feds should use open data formats, and prefer open source software.
"The motion was developed by O'Connor, former Math Co-op Councillor Rob Ewaschuk and former Feds President Yaacov Iland on the uws wiki..."
"At today's meeting, Students' Council supported a policy about using plain text e-mail, open document formats and considering open source software when making software purchase decisions. The policy will be read a second time at another council meeting, probably of next year's council..."
