State's move to open formats not a mass migration
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| And Microsoft itself lobbied heavily against the original open formats
| policy after it was announced by the ITD.
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| The slower-than-planned adoption of ODF in Massachusetts appears to
| have influenced state legislators in Texas who recently quashed a
| bill calling for the use of open document formats -- one of five
| such proposals that have been defeated or shelved in the U.S. this
| year following strong opposition from Microsoft and its allies in
| the IT industry.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/060807-states-move-to-open-formats.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
In some countries, choosing open (and free) formats for citizens to access
information is more important than a corrupt company's cash cow.
Related:
MA Governor-Elect Names MS Anti-ODF Lobbyist to Technology Advisory Group
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| That person is Brian Burke, the Microsoft Regional Director for
| Public Affairs, and if that surprises you, it surprises me as well,
| given the degree of acrimonious debate and disinformation witnessed
| in Massachusetts over the last 15 months involving the Information
| Technology Division's transition to ODF.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20061128161343183
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