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| Time: 08:39 EST/13:39 GMT | News Source: BetaNews | Posted By: John Quigley | ||
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Massachusetts' plan to drop Microsoft Office in favor of open standards formats has drawn criticism from the Commonwealth's Secretary of State, who says he has "grave concerns" about switching to OpenDocument. But politics could be playing a larger role in Secretary William Galvin's opposition. The proposal, which was finalized last month, calls for all electronic documents created by Executive Department agencies after January 1, 2007 to utilize only formats deemed "open," which include OpenDocument and Adobe's PDF. OpenDocument is the centerpiece in the new OpenOffice.org 2.0 release, but is not supported by Microsoft Office. | ||
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| #1 By 32132 (207.216.255.168) at 10/26/2005 11:54:40 AM |
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I'm sure a few of the smart people in Massachussets government were thinking:
"PDF is encumbered with 8 or 9 patents from Adobe and copyrighted, but we plan to use that. Whats the difference between a royalty free license from Adobe and one for Microsofts Office XML format? Oh right, the open source fanatic over there who keeps screaming Micro$shaft and spending his day reading Slashdot. Moron." |
| #2 By 9589 (68.17.52.2) at 10/26/2005 1:14:49 PM |
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This from the state government that brought US taxpayers the "big dig." That project came in way over budget (it made the Hoover Dam project look like the damming of a water fountain in cost comparison) and way past due.
My prediction is that three or four years from now, "Masstaxes" will still be screwing around with this issue like Munich with their open sore "conversion!" What's next, Ted "the swimmer" Kennedy jumping in on this issue? lol |
| #3 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 10/26/2005 1:21:35 PM |
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#1: Cry for poor MS all you want, Parkkker. Unlike MSXML, PDF meets the standard for openness as defined by the state. Besides, who cares what a politician thinks about IT? I'm sure he's somehow being paid for (and supplied with) his opinion. From the article, he's apparently concerned that this will exclude MS, which is just more nonsense. In his mind, I guess the better solution is to make DOC the standard and exclude everyone EXCEPT Microsoft. Pure genius. Besides, MS can join the party just as soon as they stop their posturing hissyfit and support ODF.
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| #4 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 10/26/2005 3:20:48 PM |
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Interesting read:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=200510261321191 Looks like MS has realized it isn't the centre of the universe after all and will do another flip-flop by supporting ODF. Of course, they'll spin it that they decided to support ODF because of their world-famous concern for consumers. It's got nothing to do with them being kicked off the Mass. gov't gravy train. Nope, nothing at all to do with that. The only way to get MS to do anything is to either shame them (which rarely works) or threaten their revenue stream (which always works). |
| #5 By 37 (67.37.29.142) at 10/26/2005 4:16:48 PM |
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120,000 requests from consumers per month for PDF had NOTHING to do with MS's implementation of PDF....no...NOTHING.
You are in total denial. Not only that, but what part of MS creating the PDF code in Office 12 WELL BEFORE the Mass lawsuit don't you understand? PDF was being coded almost a year and a half before the suit. Try again Latch! |
| #6 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 10/26/2005 4:51:41 PM |
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#5: I don't believe I said anything at all about PDF other than it being open. That was Parkkker talking about PDF when the real issue was ODF. And what lawsuit are you taking about? What am I in denial about? I think you're confused or something. As for your PDF info, people had been bugging MS for PDF support for years. MS didn't give a rat's ass until now, for some strange reason. But I'm sure it's all about their respect for the consumer cough cough.
More MS shenanigans here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051026/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_antitrust Yeah, they're all about the consumer, or the consumer's dollars anyway. This post was edited by Latch on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 16:59. |
| #7 By 32132 (207.81.90.21) at 10/26/2005 8:04:21 PM |
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"PDF meets the standard for openness as defined by the state"
So does Microsoft 2003 XML format. Unless the Massachussetts definition is the word Microsoft with a circle around it and a slash through the word. Massachussetts will just turn out to be another Munich. 50 out of 10,000 desktops won't run Microsoft. And those 50 will be just for show. No one will actually be forced to use them. |
| #8 By 37 (207.118.174.239) at 10/26/2005 8:24:06 PM |
| Latch, do you even read what you write? |
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