1 posted on
05/10/2006 7:45:10 AM PDT by
ShadowAce
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2 posted on
05/10/2006 7:45:26 AM PDT by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
Translation: Microsoft accusses Massachussetts of open-source bias... :P
3 posted on
05/10/2006 7:54:38 AM PDT by
DesScorp
To: ShadowAce
Microsoft is scheduled to release its Office 2007 version in January...Gawd help us. Anyone else notice that Word just kept getting worse and worse with each release since, oh....Word 2.0?
5 posted on
05/10/2006 8:41:57 AM PDT by
randog
(What the...?!)
To: ShadowAce
What a spin! It's the opposite. Many said the choice for ODF was about open source software instead of open formats, but the call for an MS ODF filter shows that they want to use Office, but need it to be able to write to their chosen open format.
To: ShadowAce
A trade association has blasted the Massachusetts Information and Technology Division (IDT) for requesting a plug-in for Microsoft's Office Suite So MA ask for a plugin to get a closed source application to keep to their standards (presumably so they can keep using it) and they are favoring opensource?
8 posted on
05/10/2006 8:56:49 AM PDT by
N3WBI3
("I can kill you with my brain" - River Tam)
To: ShadowAce
Well, wanting an open document format seems quite reasonable, so calling it a "bias" is kind of like saying I have a "bias" for breathing air.
Seems to me they're being quite reasonable in trying to get proprietary packages set up to use the open formats so they can continue buying them. What's all the fuss?
14 posted on
05/10/2006 10:13:47 AM PDT by
Still Thinking
(Disregard the law of unintended consequences at your own risk.)
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