Testimonials
“Open Standards lie at the heart of the Internet and much of what has emerged to function on this global and growing platform. The essence of open standards is interoperability. Adoption of open standards leads to the interworking of competitive products. By any metric, open standards lower barriers to entry into existing markets and increase consumer choice.”
— Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
“It is great to see so many volunteers with a passion for freedom in technology. These people care deeply about the way that software and standards affect their lives, and they are taking the initiative to make sure that others can enjoy the same freedoms as them.”
— Fernanda Weiden, Vice-President, Free Software Foundation Europe
“Over time, files that have been saved in closed formats tend to be less and less accessible to their creators. We prefer people to use modern and truly open formats like ODF whenever possible to ensure that they can continue to access and enjoy their work today and into the far future.”
— Chris DiBona, Open Source Manager, Google
“True open standards are the key to deployer liberty. 'Libre' implementations of open standards - evolved in the open with every willing voice respected - are already at the heart of the new digital society and Document Freedom Day is to be welcomed as a celebration of the liberties we all need for our networked future.”
“Document Freedom Day celebrates the importance of Open Standards for all electronic documents, whether public or private. If we want to preserve our digital heritage we all need to select Open Standards, implementable by anyone, as our default storage choice.”
— Jeremy Allison, Samba core developer
“Open document formats make sure that your valuable information doesn't turn into digital toxic waste with your next upgrade to a new software. Will the software you're using now still be around in ten years' time? If the answer is no, make sure to use Open Standards to save your data.”
— Karsten Gerloff, President, Free Software Foundation Europe