It's offical: Massachusetts goes with standards based office software

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Subject Author Date It's offical: Massachusetts goes with standards based office software Imhotep 09-24-2005  Re: It's offical: Massachusetts goes with standard... Imhotep 09-25-2005
Posted by Imhotep on September 24, 2005, 10:22 pm If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options The point of this article is simple. Going with standards based solutions just makes sense. It prevents vendor dependence (and vendor abuse) as well as helps prevent interoperability problems. "The bottom line is this: whose documents are they? Do the people of Massachusetts have the right to control their own documents? Does a governmental agency have the right to decide what software it wishes to use, particularly if it believes it can save money? If it does, then all the hue and cry is pointless. And the real issue, as Kriss pointed out, is the issue of sovereignty, and the very important issues of access and control not only now but also in the distant future." http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050923142231938 Imhotep Posted by Imhotep on September 25, 2005, 9:37 pm If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options Imhotep wrote: > The point of this article is simple. Going with standards based solutions > just makes sense. It prevents vendor dependence (and vendor abuse) as well > as helps prevent interoperability problems. > > > "The bottom line is this: whose documents are they? Do the people of > Massachusetts have the right to control their own documents? Does a > governmental agency have the right to decide what software it wishes to > use, particularly if it believes it can save money? If it does, then all > the hue and cry is pointless. And the real issue, as Kriss pointed out, is > the issue of sovereignty, and the very important issues of access and > control not only now but also in the distant future." > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050923142231938 > > Imhotep A open letter from kde to Microsoft over the issue of Massachusetts ditching MS Office... http://dot.kde.org/1127515635/ Im Similar Threads Posted Sr Software Engineer, Woburn, Massachusetts June 2, 2005, 3:01 pm Massachusetts is migrating to open-source software September 7, 2005, 2:46 am Treatise on Script-Based User Software Profiling September 17, 2007, 12:22 am Treasury Office Faults IRS Computer Security (SmartPros Accounting) October 20, 2008, 12:10 pm security standards October 18, 2006, 1:58 pm International Call for Open Standards September 9, 2005, 3:19 pm Trusted Computing standards won't apply to Vista September 9, 2005, 12:55 am What hardware based Firewalls are you using? June 28, 2005, 5:19 pm Are You Looking For A Serious Home Based Business? January 30, 2006, 4:40 pm Image-based security codes August 20, 2005, 5:43 am