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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Jim Cheetham | 16 Nov 2015 09:03 | ||
| 42 | Donald Johnston | I have experienced problems in the past with my children's school requiring assignments to be submitted in Microsoft Office format which is a non-standard format. Parents should not have any need to purchase proprietary office software when there is very good free alternative software (e.g. Libre Office) which is completely standards compliant. | 15 Nov 2015 22:03 | |
| 43 | Nicholas Phillips | Alternatively, as a very minimum, include cost of migrating data away from any tendered solution in the assessed cost of implementation of that solution. | 5 Sep 2015 11:43 | |
| 44 | Pikiora Wylie | 16 Aug 2015 21:05 | ||
| 45 | Imogen Grace | 10 Aug 2015 12:21 | ||
| 46 | Elena Kondrateva | 6 Aug 2015 23:46 | ||
| 47 | David Stewart | 5 Aug 2015 06:20 | ||
| 48 | Robin de Haan | The New Zealand Government should commit to open standards and not be prepared to trade them away. | 31 Jul 2015 21:40 | |
| 49 | Abhishek Reddy | 31 Jul 2015 18:36 | ||
| 50 | Jan Larres | 29 Jul 2015 08:51 | ||
| 51 | Adrian Croucher | 27 Jul 2015 16:57 | ||
| 52 | donald callum robertson | 27 Jul 2015 09:40 | ||
| 53 | Nigel Bovey | 26 Jul 2015 20:58 | ||
| 54 | Richard Dougherty | 25 Jul 2015 23:05 | ||
| 55 | Roderick Francis David Aldridge | As a user of the Linux operating system I have had problems communicating with some government electronic services. I have had to resort to mail. | 23 Jul 2015 17:46 | |
| 56 | Richard Hector | 23 Jul 2015 11:06 | ||
| 57 | Harry Chapman | Open standards are the way to ensure all citizens of New Zealand are able to open the files that the Government creates. We can do better! | 23 Jul 2015 07:58 | |
| 58 | Francois Marier | 22 Jul 2015 23:54 | ||
| 59 | Reed Wade | 22 Jul 2015 23:32 | ||
| 60 | Yuri de Groot | 22 Jul 2015 21:41 | ||
| 61 | Tabitha Roder | 22 Jul 2015 20:09 | ||
| 62 | Dave Horn | 22 Jul 2015 17:33 | ||
| 63 | Terry Woods | 22 Jul 2015 16:45 | ||
| 64 | Sam Bonner | 22 Jul 2015 16:45 | ||
| 65 | Eliot Blennerhassett | this is long overdue | 22 Jul 2015 12:36 | |
| 66 | David Barnett | 22 Jul 2015 12:32 | ||
| 67 | Hilary Oliver | 22 Jul 2015 11:11 | ||
| 68 | Mike Riversdale | Access Granted NZ | 26 Jan 2019 12:42 | |
| 69 | Dave Koelmeyer | Apertura Designs Limited | 22 Jul 2015 16:57 | |
| 70 | James Nisbet | Bandit Design | 8 Nov 2016 10:31 | |
| 71 | Don Christie | Catalyst IT | 18 Nov 2016 13:09 | |
| 72 | Daniel Reurich | Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Ltd | Until we have mandatory vendor neutral open standards for government, there will always be additional impediments to interactions with the government. It's time things were rebalanced and vendors brought to heel, so that everybody can participate regardless of the technology they have access too. | 26 Jul 2016 11:47 |
| 73 | Daniel Reurich | Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Ltd | 22 Jul 2015 16:04 | |
| 74 | Glenn Ramsey | Componic Ltd | 16 Nov 2015 08:57 | |
| 75 | Glenn Ramsey | Componic Ltd | 22 Jul 2015 11:01 | |
| 76 | Daniel Strypey Bruce | Disintermedia.net.nz | RadioNZ publishes all their archived radio material in the open Ogg Vorbis format, as well as the patent-encumbered (but more common) MP3 format. People can access this publicly-funded material using any internet-capable device, running any operating system, because there is no barrier-to-entry stopping developers from creating Ogg Vorbis support. This is just one example of the benefits of public organisations supporting open standards. | 3 Aug 2015 09:54 |
| 77 | Dylan Reeve | Dylan Reeve | 22 Jul 2015 10:39 | |
| 78 | Benjamin Kwan | Elastik | Mandatory open standards should be treated as a governance requirement for critical systems, public-sector technology, citizen data, and cross-platform interoperability. They should not be used to kill innovation, but they absolutely should be used to prevent lock-in, monopoly control, and digital dependency. | 13 May 2026 16:12 |
| 79 | Michelle Beavan | Exess Connectivity Ltd | 15 Aug 2016 08:27 | |
| 80 | William Gordon | Horizons Regional Council | For the sake of Digital Continuity, open standards must become the standard for government information. | 28 Jul 2015 11:40 |