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Germany has just made the standard Open Document Format (ODF) mandatory
(blog.documentfoundation.org)
this post was submitted on 20 Mar 2026
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DW isn't the equivalent of the BBC. It's more of a equivalent to e.g. Radio Free Europe. DW is entirely funded by the German government, in contrast to the BBC or ARD/ZDF which are independently funded. I'm not saying DW is bad, but it isn't the equivalent of the BBC.