Here's one to make your blood boil

[Rick Sivernell]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:33:41 -0400
Bruce Marshall <bmarsh at bmarsh.com> wrote:

> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170724,00.html
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> 
> Massachusetts Should Close Down OpenDocument
> Wednesday, September 28, 2005
> By James Prendergast
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> 
> The broader media usually take little interest in public policy debates about 
> technology, but they?re missing a big story in Massachusetts.
> 
> The technology trades, blogs and industry are buzzing about a monumental 
> policy shift in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Officials in the state 
> have proposed a new policy that mandates that every state technology system 
> use only applications designed around OpenDocument file formats (search).
> 
> Such a policy might seem like something that should concern only a small group 
> of technology professionals, but in fact the implications are staggering and 
> far-reaching. The policy promises to burden taxpayers with new costs and to 
> disrupt how state agencies interact with citizens, businesses and 
> organizations.
> 
> Worse, the policy represents an attack on market-based competition, which in 
> turn will hurt innovation. The state has a disaster in the making.
> 
> 
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Bruce

 At first glance, maybe someone wants to cut cost, also seems that some like the
brain dead systems. I do applaud this, but at the same time force a whole state to
change over in a short time may have many problems, including resentment. What I
might like to see, a common open document format that all apps on all OSs' use in
common. The same in that all systems can read all hd formats. Might be too much or
unfeasible. Would this really hurt MS & Apple?

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Rick Sivernell
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