State by State, Microsoft Responds to Creeping Threat | Linux Today

State by State, Microsoft Responds to Creeping Threat

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 30, 2007

[ Thanks to Jim
Tate
for this link. ]

“Ed Homan, an orthopedic surgeon representing a central Florida
district in the state legislature, thought an amendment touting
open-source document formats he tucked into a 38-page bill wouldn’t
draw much attention.

“But within an hour of the proposed bill’s reading in late
March, Homan said, he was greeted in his office by three lobbyists
representing Microsoft Corp…”


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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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