OT: Massachusetts Verdict: MS Office Formats Out
Mike McCarty
mike.mccarty at sbcglobal.net
Wed Sep 28 16:14:53 UTC 2005
Fajar Priyanto wrote:
> The future is forming up....
>
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1863060,00.asp
>
> The state of Massachusetts Friday made it official: It will use only
> nonproprietary document formats in state-affiliated offices effective Jan. 1,
> 2007. Although state CIO Peter Quinn has said repeatedly that this issue does
> not represent "the state versus Microsoft Corp. —or any one company,"
> adoption of the long-debated plan may result in all versions of Microsoft's
> Office productivity suite being phased out of use throughout the state's
> executive branch agencies.
Or MS could "open" its document format...
[snip]
Mike
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