In case that wasn't clear, I didn't mean that every government in the world, nor even every agency in the same country, should be using the same office suite (which they pretty much do now). (Part of) the idea is to increase software diversity, for the same reasons that monopolies are generally bad in other areas. It's pretty clear that that goal alone will require switching to open document formats.
In case that wasn't clear, I didn't mean that every government in the world, nor even every agency in the same country, should be using the same office suite (which they pretty much do now). (Part of) the idea is to increase software diversity, for the same reasons that monopolies are generally bad in other areas. It's pretty clear that that goal alone will require switching to open document formats.
You can't equate economic monopolies with a state's monopoly on the use of force (pretty much the defining feature of a state).
Not just that. A state has geographic monopoly, ruling ideally with the consent of the population of that land.
You're welcome to move somewhere with no taxes. I hear those places are all very pleasant.