OT: Massachusetts Verdict: MS Office Formats Out

[Mike McCarty]

Temlakos wrote:
> Mike McCarty wrote:
> 
>> 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
> 
> 
> Not in a hundred years will MS do any such thing.

Only time will tell.

[snip]

Mike
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