On 2005-12-13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what do you all think? > > http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=174402121
It doesn't appear that Massachusetts has "sided" with Microsoft; the quote in the article is qualified: "*IF* (emphasis added) Microsoft follows through as planned, we are optimistic that Office Open XML will meet our new standards for acceptable open formats." Massachusetts hasn't changed their standards for an open document format; they are merely noting that Microsoft's new changes in the Office OpenXML format *MAY* make MS-Office a contender for the state's IT needs, and they have yet to determine if this is in fact the case. -- -John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
