ConsortiumInfo: ODF Alliance–Who, What, Where (and Why)

“Earlier today, I posted a brief entry on the news that 36
Companies, universities and organizations had announced the
formation of the ODF Alliance . The news was introduced with a
concerted PR push that involved advance interviews with many of the
reporters that have been following the ODF saga (see my earlier
post for links), as well as an editorial by Sun Microsystems
Chairman and CEO Scott NcNealy that ran in today’s Wall Street
Journal

“As is usual, the first press reports (like my first blog entry)
have been brief and high level. In this post, I’ll dig deeper and
look at things in greater detail from a variety of angles intended
to explore why the Alliance was formed and by whom, what it will
try and achieve, and how likely it will be to succeed in that
pursuit…”

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