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eWeek: Massachusetts vs. Microsoft?
Sep 12, 2005, 22 :00 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (10064 reads)

(Other stories by Jason Brooks)

"We've had two opportunities this week to hear from eWEEK.com's David Coursey on why it's a bad idea for Massachusetts to opt to use only 'open' document formats by 2007. Coursey has gone so far as to suggest that only an ideologue or a fool would attempt to stand up to Microsoft in this way.

"I disagree. Massachusetts, along with most other governments, corporations and individuals in this country and around the world, has dug itself into a hole by tying up so much of its data in a format that can be properly accessed only by the products of a single supplier..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
You will buy my software, AND YOU WILL L ...   Software Nazi's   
da
Sep 12, 2005, 22:26:09
 
Every try to do a Word document that has ...   MS Formats Not Even "Self-Compatible"   
lord vader
Sep 12, 2005, 22:44:27
 
It's called a second source agreemen ...   Second source   
Charles Hixson
Sep 13, 2005, 00:21:03
 
We the people will not be bullied and ha ...   The people have spoken   
Jimmy the Geek
Sep 13, 2005, 02:24:51
 
I hope... that Microsoft and their media ...   Publicity   
Flash
Sep 13, 2005, 04:04:38
 
In so many ways, this reminds me of M$ v ...   MS vs DOJ Round 2   
Joe User
Sep 13, 2005, 06:53:56
 
Already seems likely future archivists w ...   MSFT & the dark ages   
ba
Sep 14, 2005, 05:14:01
 
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