OpenDocument and BoycottNovell in Video

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2007-12-09 06:33:44 UTC
Modified: 2007-12-09 20:23:07 UTC

YouTube contains a new video from ~~Spain~~ Portugal where an explanation about OpenDocument format is given. The video contains bits in ~~Spanish~~ Portuguese and in English.

It was pleasant to find our site mentioned in the new weekly video from Linux.com. Here isan on-page embedment of it.

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Alberto Barrionuevo (FFII)

2007-12-09 19:17:48

Note: The video about OpenDocument was in Portugal and in Portuguese, not Spain.
Roy Schestowitz

2007-12-09 20:22:00

Alberto,

Yeah, I wasn't sure about that and I made a bit of a gamble. I'll correct the text. :-)

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