Open Standards NZ Co-signers
The undersigned have all agreed that the New Zealand government should create a level playing field for software by mandating that all software procurement, particularly of commercial-off-the-shelf software, only considers software complying with open standards that are vendor-neutral, royalty-free and unencumbered by patents.
Where no relevant open standard exists, the government should undertake to develop suitable open standards, building on those already available elsewhere.
The goal is for software suppliers to the NZ government to compete to meet government-specified open standards rather than competing to set their own proprietary standard as is currently common practise.
| # | Name | Organisation | Comment | Submitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | Jeremy List | 3 May 2025 17:31 | ||
| 122 | Michael Doerner | TechnologyWise Ltd | Non-open (proprietary) file formats lead to lock-in vendor dependencies which have been happening all around Microsoft's file formats and application dependencies. European countries are reducing these dependencies for many reasons: "German state ditches Microsoft for open-source software": https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/german-state-ditches-microsoft-for-open-source-software/K5YACGI56VHYVM3SDNPCQNSG7A/ "Why Denmark is dumping Microsoft Office and Windows for LibreOffice and Linux": https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-denmark-is-dumping-microsoft-office-and-windows-for-libreoffice-and-linux/ "One of France's largest cities has now also ditched Microsoft for open source software": https://share.google/Ly8upTVhlS5f94AwA "Digital sovereignty - a trend in Europe, sparked by Microsoft": https://tuta.com/blog/digital-sovereignty-europe New Zealand as a nation and NZ businesses should aim to minimise those dependencies too. | 12 Sep 2025 08:59 |
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