Critic Bashes Massachusetts on Open XML Proposal Jul 13, 2007, 15 :00 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (7229 reads) (Other stories by John Fontana)
"With about a week remaining to collect comments on a plan to adopt Ecma's Open XML standard, Massachusetts is mum on how the issue is fairing, but some who disagree with the action are already voicing their opinion publicly.
"Andy Updegrove, a lawyer, a board member of the Linux Foundation and a Massachusetts resident is stirring controversy with comments he submitted to the Massachusetts Information Technology Department (ITD) that oppose the Open XML initiative..."