__/ [ B Gruff ] on Sunday 25 June 2006 15:30 \__
> On Sunday 25 June 2006 15:08 nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>> Why the state may finally be poised to stick it to Microsoft
>>
>> Six months after political territorialism and big-money lobbying
>> threatened to ice Massachusetts's first-in-the-nation adoption of
>> OpenDocument standards, the revolutionary (and unbearably geeky) tech
>> proposal is, amazingly enough, still alive. Pretty much, anyway.
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>> End quote
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>
http://www.weeklydig.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/article.view/issueID/5461f599-4327-4ef8-9df3-a7aed9312a07/articleID/52ac5c49-7f28-46be-bce1-f28750835a0a/nodeID/4b1339d1-be3a-44a2-be8b-1484963a003a
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> Oh indeed:-)
> Also this:-
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> Peter Brown, executive director of the Free Software foundation, believes
> Quinn?s resignation enabled the legislature?s anti-ODF stance to soften.
> ?It was a masterful stroke,? he said. ?His opponents were very embarrassed.
> He created a wave of disgust for what happened, and it freed Massachusetts
> to be a leading light on this issue.?
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>
> In my view, it did even more than that - it freed Quinn himself to speak
> out around the world on the subject, unmuzzled now, not needing to account
> to the Boston Globe for his expenses, and not needing to weigh his words
> because of his employment!
He seems to be a highly sought-after speaker, having made the headlines. He
is not depicted as a rebel, but as an entrepreneur/trailblazer rather. As
Denmark, Belgium, and soon enough India (no confirmation, only willingless
at this stage) are jumping onto the same wave, Massachusetts will no longer
be perceived at as a black sheep. It will be remembered as the seminal venue
of a revolution -- openness to prevail some of the most commonplace formats.
By the way, didn't Norway say it would ditch Office by 2007? I think the PM
(or was it President) said this last year. A quick Slashdot search would
find this...
Best wishes,
Roy
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