What's Up With the ODF Alliance?

Posted by Andy_Updegrove on Mar 20, 2006 6:51 AM EDT
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As you may recall, the ODF Alliance was formed on March 3, 2006. Given that they've already had, oh, two and a half weeks to change the world, I thought I'd check out the Alliance Website to see whether they had achieved their manifest destiny yet.

All too often, initiatives are launched to much fanfare, and then months go by with no evidence of real progress or expansion in membership. True, any new organization is entitled to a bit of time to find its legs, but quick action is a good sign that the members mean business, and that the structure that they have put together is effective. So let's see how the Alliance measures up.

Happily, the Alliance appears to be doing just fine, thank you, with (among other things) more than three times the number of members it had on its launchdate.

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