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Critic Bashes Massachusetts on Open XML Proposal

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“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…”


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