Dutch lawmakers have proposed legislation that would mandate the use of the Open Document Format (ODF) across the entire Dutch government, despite fierce lobbying by Microsoft Netherlands. A group promoting open standards sees no threat, however, and has invited Microsoft to join its ranks.
Francois Lambert, CO of Aheeva Technology Inc., a Montreal-based company that develops and markets IP-based contact centre solutions, is committed to open-source VoIP.
The first version of the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) has been ratified by the standards group OASIS, giving Web site developers an open standard that will allow users to visit multiple unrelated sites after logging in with a secure single sign-on.