ConsortiumInfo: Mitt Calls the ODF Coin Toss Right

“Massachusetts has been in the middle of a fracas for the past
six months that has not only pitted factions of the state
government each other, but also the largest IT companies in the
world. That battle involves a technology standard called
OpenDocument Format (ODF), which the State is to implement on
January 1, 2007. When the champion of that policy, Massachusetts
State CIO Peter Quinn, abruptly announced his resignation on
Christmas Eve last year, the man that appointed him had two
choices: duck and cover, or tough it out.

“That man is Mitt Romney, and the easiest path available to him
was to say that he wished to consult with Quinn’s successor about
his or her recommendation, and then simply drag his feet in making
that appointment as his term as governor rapidly expires…”

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