[odf-discuss] ODF adoption in Korea

[Jean Hollis Weber]

I just spotted this in Benjamin Horst's blog, having missed the 
original in Open Malaysia blog (13 March 2007):

http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2007/03/korea_ministry_.html

Korea Ministry of Information and Communication adopting ODF

That’s another one for the big list! And an important move for 
Korea, which has long been seen as a very enthusiastic user of 
everything Microsoft.

“The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) announced on 
the 7th that it is intending to adopt OpenDocument Format (ODF) 
as its software document standard for administrative work.

In that case, software that does not support ODF will be 
completely excluded from the public agencies.

Currently, software from Microsoft and Haansoft that dominate the 
Korean market does not support ODF. However, Haansoft said that 
they have planned to make its product support ODF.”