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Michael KohlmanFYI - The Monterey-Salinas IT department issued a RFI (Request For Information) this last Friday to gather data ahead of plans to replace our closed, proprietary GoPass Bus Pass with one that uses an open, non-proprietary cEMV solution.RFI #26-01 can be found here.<a href="https://mst.org/about-mst/procurement/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mst.org/about-mst/procurement/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PublicTransportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicTransportation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PublicTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicTransit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OpenTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenTechnology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OpenStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenStandards</a>(I'll be adding to this thread as I get time today on why this matters)

The Linux Foundation📊 76% of respondents believe that standardization promotes both competition and innovation. Open standards are shaping a stronger, more collaborative tech ecosystem. Read the full report: <a href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/state-of-open-standards-2024?hsLang=en" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/state-of-open-standards-2024?hsLang=en</a><a href="https://social.lfx.dev/tags/OpenStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenStandards</a> <a href="https://social.lfx.dev/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://social.lfx.dev/tags/LFResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LFResearch</a> <a href="https://social.lfx.dev/tags/Collaboration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Collaboration</a> <a href="https://social.lfx.dev/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Innovation</a>

Danie van der MerweJack Dorsey interview on the problems with Big Tech social mediaReally interesting insights into the beginnings of Twitter, and why any company running a centralised social network can be a problem.Investors/VCs = profits = permissions needed ≠ open protocols. He covers the cycle of how new profit based vent ...continuesSee <a href="https://gadgeteer.co.za/jack-dorsey-interview-on-the-problems-with-big-tech-social-media/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gadgeteer.co.za/jack-dorsey-interview-on-the-problems-with-big-tech-social-media/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/decentralisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#decentralisation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openstandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openstandards</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialnetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialnetworks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technology</a>

Wladimir Mufty“An example of such complexity includes a deeply nested structure with non-intuitive naming conventions, and so many optional elements that implementing the format becomes a nightmare for any developer not working at <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a>.”<a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LibreOffice</a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/office" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#office</a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/openstandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openstandards</a><a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/libreoffice-calls-out-microsoft-for-using-complex-file-formats-to-lock-in-office-users/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.neowin.net/news/libreoffice-calls-out-microsoft-for-using-complex-file-formats-to-lock-in-office-users/</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.world/@european" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@european</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@european_alternatives" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@european_alternatives</a> <a href="https://mas.to/@alternativeto" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@alternativeto</a> all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> is bad and we need to emphasize <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SmallTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallTech</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenStandards</a>. <ul><li>There's nothing wrong with outsorcing the maintenance of servers and infrastructure in terms of getting i.e. <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@nextcloud</a> as a Fully <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Managed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Managed</a> Service where one pays per user and used/allocated storage...</li></ul>But using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FLOSS</a> and open standards should be the prime goal.

LibreOfficeOpen Document Format – the native format of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LibreOffice</a> – is built on XML. But how does XML help with interoperability? Find out on our blog: <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/11/the-role-of-xml-in-interoperability/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/11/the-role-of-xml-in-interoperability/</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foss</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openstandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openstandards</a>

ChrisRichner<a href="https://www.theverge.com/smart-home/701697/ikea-matter-thread-new-products-new-smart-home-strategy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/smart-home/701697/ikea-matter-thread-new-products-new-smart-home-strategy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/zigbee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zigbee</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/matter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#matter</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smarthome</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/homekit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homekit</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openstandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openstandards</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Ikea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ikea</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@threemaapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@threemaapp</a> don't buy <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/proprietary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#proprietary</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SingleVendor</a> and/or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SingleProvider</a> either! <ul><li>Use only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#secure</a> = <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenStandards</a> that hare <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MultiVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MultiVendor</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MultiProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MultiProvider</a>, like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XMPP</a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OMEMO</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PGP</a>/MIME!</li></ul>

The Linux Foundation73% of respondents shared that standards are being used as a selling point, showing the growing importance of open standards in business strategies. Read the full report: <a href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/state-of-open-standards-2024?hsLang=en" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/state-of-open-standards-2024?hsLang=en</a><a href="https://social.lfx.dev/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://social.lfx.dev/tags/LinuxFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LinuxFoundation</a> <a href="https://social.lfx.dev/tags/OpenStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenStandards</a>

LibreOfficeOpen Document Format (ODF) is the standard format for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LibreOffice</a>. Learn about ODF compliance and interoperability in our latest blog post: <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/06/20/understanding-odf-compliance-and-interoperability/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/06/20/understanding-odf-compliance-and-interoperability/</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foss</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openstandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openstandards</a>

Open By DefaultTime for an <a href="https://social.openbydefau.lt/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a>! <a href="https://social.openbydefau.lt/tags/OpenByDefault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenByDefault</a> is a company helping other to become more open. If you need help with anything around <a href="https://social.openbydefau.lt/tags/OpenData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenData</a>, <a href="https://social.openbydefau.lt/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a>, <a href="https://social.openbydefau.lt/tags/OpenKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenKnowledge</a>, <a href="https://social.openbydefau.lt/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenScience</a>, <a href="https://social.openbydefau.lt/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a>, <a href="https://social.openbydefau.lt/tags/OpenStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenStandards</a> or <a href="https://social.openbydefau.lt/tags/FreeLicenses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeLicenses</a> in general, we can help.All from guiding about policies for your organization to methods for working with these in practice or training or inspirational talks.

Miguel Afonso Caetano"Over the course of its 20-year history, the ODF standard has been adopted, or at least recommended, by numerous supranational bodies and several countries on almost every continent. However, this does not necessarily mean that the ODF standard is used in accordance with these decisions, which are often laws in their own right, as Microsoft’s substantial lobbying and misinformation campaigns aimed at protecting its revenue of around $25 billion generated by the proprietary OOXML format (DOCX, XLSX and PPTX) encourage the use of the latter. This is despite the fact that the disadvantages for national systems, communities of citizens and individuals are very easy to demonstrate: loss of control over content, interoperability problems and dependence on the commercial strategies of a single vendor.The information in this post is based on my research into sources relating to the adoption or recommendations for the use of ODF. I began compiling this collection of documents around 2010 and continue to update it annually. Over the last twelve months, I have also used artificial intelligence in my research, which has helped me find some articles."<a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/06/14/odf-analysis-of-adoption/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/06/14/odf-analysis-of-adoption/</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/OpenStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenStandards</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ODF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ODF</a>

Steve WoodsDanish department determined to dump Microsoft.Love the mention of Vinland in the byline!<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/openstandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openstandards</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/odf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#odf</a> <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/13/danish_department_dump_microsoft/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/13/danish_department_dump_microsoft/</a>

LibreOfficeWho uses Open Document Format, the native format of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LibreOffice</a>? Well, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK and Uruguay for starters: <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/06/14/odf-analysis-of-adoption/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/06/14/odf-analysis-of-adoption/</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foss</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freesoftware</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openstandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openstandards</a>

Steve Woods<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LibreOffice</a> adds voice to 'ditch Windows for <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a>' campaign.<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/openstandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openstandards</a> <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/16/libreoffice_ditch_windows/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/16/libreoffice_ditch_windows/</a>

NLnet LabsThis year, NLnet Labs celebrates twenty-five years as an independent, non-profit foundation working on <a href="https://social.nlnetlabs.nl/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a> and <a href="https://social.nlnetlabs.nl/tags/openstandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openstandards</a>. Our mission remains to make the core of the Internet a better, safer place by developing open-source software, through applied research and by promoting and contributing to open standards.

Nico RikkenUse of Apple or Google is soon required to contribute to the Interoperable Europe Portal, as they'll soon enforce Multifactor Authentication (MFA) through the EU login app, as part of the SMS phase out. Unfortunate that te EU isn't adopting interoperable standards like TOTP or passkeys or at least offer their app as free software. <a href="https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/portal/news/eu-login-multifactor-authentication-coming-portal-sign-ins" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/portal/news/eu-login-multifactor-authentication-coming-portal-sign-ins</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Europea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Europea</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/OpenStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenStandards</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigTech</a>

Steve WoodsJust installed the first beta of <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LibreOffice</a> 25.8.<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/openstandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openstandards</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/odf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#odf</a>

OpenMP ARBWe’re excited to welcome NextSilicon to the OpenMP Architecture Review Board! 🎉 Their Intelligent Compute Architecture blends adaptive computing with self-optimizing hardware/software and open frameworks like OpenMP. Together, we’re shaping a future of performant, portable, shared-memory parallelism. 💻🌐Read the press release: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yksfbrah" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/yksfbrah</a><a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/OpenMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenMP</a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/NextSilicon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NextSilicon</a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/HPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HPC</a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/OpenStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenStandards</a> <a href="https://mast.hpc.social/tags/ParallelComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ParallelComputing</a>

Ecologia Digital"Younger people will have trouble picturing this, but <a href="https://mato.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> used to nurture an image of being the “good one” among megacorps; they championed <a href="https://mato.social/tags/openstandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openstandards</a> (except when they didn’t), supported <a href="https://mato.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a> projects (until they backstabbed them), and used language that corporate wasn’t supposed to use, like <a href="https://mato.social/tags/dontbeEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dontbeEvil</a> (until they,in a true dark comedy move, retracted that motto). I was always an anarchist, abstractly, but in many ways Google was my political awakening." <a href="https://wordsmith.social/elilla/deep-in-mordor-where-the-shadows-lie-dystopian-stories-of-my-time-as-a-googler" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wordsmith.social/elilla/deep-in-mordor-where-the-shadows-lie-dystopian-stories-of-my-time-as-a-googler</a>

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