FOSS Open Standards/Acknowledgements
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Foreword — Preface — List of Acronyms — Introduction — Importance and Benefits of Open Standards — Standard-Setting and Open Standards — Some Important Open Standards — Comparison of File Formats — Standards and Internationalization/Localization of Software — Patents in Standards — The Linux Standard Base — Government/National Open Standards Policies and Initiatives — Conclusion — Annexure: Comments on RAND, as seen from both sides — Glossary — About the Author — Acknowledgements — About APDIP — About IOSN
The author would like to thank all those who have helped and contributed to the preparation of this primer, including Shahid Akhtar and Phet Sayo of UNDP-APDIP, and Sunil Abraham and Khairil Yusof of IOSN. He would also like to thank the organizations and people who have provided useful feedback and constructive criticisms to the primer; they include BSA, CompTIA, Microsoft, Richard Stallman, Tony Di Cenzo and Raul Zambrano.
