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:Computerworld Australia: Massachusetts OpenDocument Plans Questioned by Disabled
Computerworld Australia: Massachusetts OpenDocument Plans Questioned by Disabled
May 9, 2006, 15 :15 UTC (12 Talkback[s]) (7341 reads)
(Other stories by Carol Sliwa)

"Two words came to mind when John Winske, president of the Boston-based Disability Policy Consortium, learned just before Labor Day last year that Massachusetts was planning to adopt the Open Document Format for Office Applications as a standard for its executive-branch agencies.

"'Screwed again,' he thought..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
I hope the gentleman from the disbaled g ...   OpenDoc good for disabled people   
hey
May 9, 2006, 15:36:55  
It really ought to be much easier to dev ...   A passing problem   
Uno Engborg
May 9, 2006, 15:49:20  
...Two words came to mind when John Wins ...   The format is not the app.   
Brandioch Conner
May 9, 2006, 16:02:44  
It seems Microsoft has yet another mouth ...   Open Document Format and the Disabled   
woll
May 9, 2006, 16:09:41  
Its sad that formats as those by a monop ...   Dependence of the disbaled   
GH
May 9, 2006, 16:31:31  
THis has become a non-problem as of this ...   odf Plugin   
Evan
May 9, 2006, 17:08:48  
I also would have to wonder if this "Dis ...   They're missing the point.   
NoCal Drummer
May 9, 2006, 17:14:05  
It actually goes further than that. From ...   Re: OpenDoc good for disabled people   
Robert Devi
May 9, 2006, 17:31:32  
Pay the vendors to develop solutions for ...   Go buy support   
phil
May 9, 2006, 18:03:38  
Why is the vendor of JAWs opposed to ODF ...   Why JAWs vendor is opposed to ODF   
SM
May 9, 2006, 20:43:40  
Perhaps a GPL'd document reader for ...   Is there a FOSS document reader?   
Digital Wokan
May 10, 2006, 19:03:17  
> ...None of the prominent desktop appli ...   Re: The format is not the app.   
Hyper L
May 11, 2006, 01:15:21  
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