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NewsForge: Citizens Against Government Waste vs. Massachusetts OpenDocument Decision

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 7, 2005

“Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) is warning of the
interoperability disadvantages and long-term higher costs of open
standards and open source software again, this time calling the
Massachusetts directive adopting the OpenDocument format as
standard for the state ‘bad procurement policy.’

“CAGW has swiped at open source software, and Massachusetts’
affinity for it, in the past. The group also has a long history of
going to bat for Microsoft in its struggles with antitrust
suits…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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