Massachusetts is just abounding with special interest groups that don’t want the government to use Open Standards. They’ll do everything from stifle innovation to give you cancer (but only in the state of California). Funny how these groups come out of the woodwork to oppose any kind of standards yet remained silent on the fact that there were no-bid contracts going exclusively to Microsoft for years.
The word “shills” comes to mind.
ODF is an open standard for document formatting. It’s pretty slick, has lots of years of use behind it, and is well thought out. There’s no conceivable reason, aside from Microsofts bucketloads of cash, why this open *standard* won’t work.
Also, they don’t appear to understand what a Standard is (still). It’s not open source. There’s no source involved. That would require some kind of a program.
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