Big Win for Open Source as Germany Backs Open Document Format: https://itsfoss.com/news/germany-digital-stack-mandate/ 'Speaking on the subject, Florian Effenberger, Executive Director of The Document Foundation, stated that: "This is not a recommendation or a preference, it is a mandate. Germany’s decision to anchor ODF at the heart of its national sovereign stack confirms what we have argued for years: open, vendor-neutral document formats are not a niche concern for some technology specialists and FOSS advocates. They are a fundamental infrastructure for democratic, interoperable and sovereign public administrations."' #OpenSource