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1. Attachments in Proprietary Formats Considered Harmful [ Report dead link ]

Explains the risks of exchanging data in non-public format and suggests the main alternatives.

http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~chak/email.html

2. Avoid E-Mail Attachments, Especially Microsoft Word [ Report dead link ]

Short document with instructions to MS-Word users on alternatives they can use for document exchange.

http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/attachments.html

3. Build Systems, Not Companies, on Open Standards [ Report dead link ]

Without standards, every job is a one-off, and vendor lock-in is assured after the first project. Open standards are the beating heart of e-Business, without which concepts like intranets and business-to-business commerce would not be practical on a mass scale.

http://intranetjournal.com/articles/200202/gb_02_20_02a.html

4. Burn All GIFs [ Report dead link ]

Campaign for replacing the (formerly) patent-encumbered GIF format by open standard graphics. Since the GIF formats has become patent-free, the site advocates against software patents.

http://burnallgifs.org/archives/

5. Business Case for Open Standards [ Report dead link ]

Paper investigating economical issues related to the diffusion of public standards.

http://www.openstandards.net/viewOSnet1C.jsp?showModuleName=businessCaseForOpenStandards

6. Content Management and Edit Data Exchange [ Report dead link ]

Article on formats interoperability in audio and video content.

http://www.edlmax.com/ContentManagement.htm

7. Cover Pages: Patents and Open Standards [ Report dead link ]

Investigates the effects of patent proliferation and criticizes reasonable and non-discriminatory license terms (RAND) for patented technologies.

http://xml.coverpages.org/patents.html

8. Death to Proprietary Word Formats [ Report dead link ]

Argues in favor of using HTML instead of proprietary word formats.

http://homepages.borland.com/ccalvert/Opinion/WordFormats.html

9. LinuxLab - Open Standards [ Report dead link ]

Argues in favor of patent-free standards and suggests recommended formats for different kinds of content.

http://linuxlab.dk/openstandards/

10. MS-Word Is Not a Document Exchange Format [ Report dead link ]

Explains the appropriate use of document formats and argues against the use of Word attachments.

http://www.goldmark.org/netrants/no-word/attach.html

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