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Re: Louis Gutierrez is the second CIO fired by Microsoft, right?

__/ [ Ramon F Herrera ] on Wednesday 04 April 2007 02:06 \__

> 
> Since I moved from Boston, I haven't bee following the ODF situation.
> Can you folks out there please refresh my memory? Wasn't there another
> Massachusetts CIO which was fired by orders from Microsoft? So we have
> two CIOs in a row who have been placed in the trash can by Gates &
> Ballmer. The hired gun who does Microsoft's bidding is Marc Pacheco.
> 
>
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9012760&source=rss_news50
> http://tinyurl.com/2kyars
> 
> Is Computerworld next to be destroyed or at least silenced by
> Microsoft?


Well, we always have Groklaw, which tells the story of the previous CIO:

,----[ Quote ]
|    Quinn:  Almost to a person, to anybody involved or who knows about
|    the ODF issue, they attributed the story to Microsoft, right, wrong
|    or otherwise. Senator Pacheco may be a bully but I do not believe he
|    is disingenious and would stoop to such a tactic. Senator Pacheco and
|    Secretary Galvin's office remain very heavily influenced by the
|    Microsoft money and its lobbyist machine, as witnessed by their
|    playbook and words, in my opinion.
| 
|    Quinn:  I believe that the ODF decision will stand. I believe MS
|    will continue to do anything and everything it can to stop it. And I
|    know my seat wasn't even empty and they (MS) took another shot at
|    the title, to no avail. This horse is out of the barn and I see no
|    way for it to go back in. Remember, all we are asking for was and is
|    for Microsoft to commit to open and the standards process; so
|    everyone looks really bad if the plug gets pulled at this juncture. 
`----

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060119232859729

 
> What the hell is the job of Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly again?
 

Ideally, doing something when stories like these emerge. From the above:

,----[ Quote ]
| As CIO of Massachusetts from February to November last year, Louis 
| Gutierrez had to endure most of the brunt of Microsoft Corp.'s political 
| wrath over a state policy calling for the adoption of the Open Document 
| Format for Office Applications, or ODF -- a rival to the software vendor's 
| Office Open XML file format.
`----

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9012760&source=rss_news50


MA Governor-Elect Names MS Anti-ODF Lobbyist to Technology Advisory Group

http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20061128161343183


Packing The Court At The ISO?

,----[ Quote ]
|      ...P member countries ('participating member' countries) sending 
|     representatives, and I am interested to note the majority of
|     their representatives are, as individuals, also Microsoft employees.
| 
| [...]
| 
| How can they not see that OOXML (ECMA 376) is unwanted by anyone outside of 
| Microsoft? How about it Brian Jones? Are you really so desperate that you
| have to resort to that?
`----

http://lnxwalt.wordpress.com/2007/03/23/packing-the-court-at-the-iso/


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