Yeah, what a surprise, stupid stuff from the government. I guess I just kind of view most of the government about as highly as I do Microsoft so it doesn't seem like a huge surprise. The only huge surprise to me is that fact that Mass actually got far enough in actually TRYING to get an open format... But from the sounds of it, the rest of "government" will probably step in and put a stop to any "common sense". After all, we certainly couldn't have that, now could we?
Levi On 10/27/05, DJA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Levi Smith wrote: > > The only thing I could see would be that they're going to incur costs in > > uninstalling M$ and installing Openoffice, and costs for changing the > > document format for M$ documents that don't just "straight-convert". > > > > Levi > > There is no requirement to stop using Office, only that all public > documents be available in the neutral OpenDoc Format. How that happens > is not being legislated (i.e. dropping Office and using OOo is /not/ an > implied solution). It's not about applications, it's about data. > > In fact, the ruling makes certain exceptions for things such as > accessibility. The requirement is that all public government docs must > be available to all citizens in a form which is platform-agnostic. > > Here is some more info: > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=200510261321191 > > > The bottom line as far a Microsoft goes, is that M$ so far is refusing > to modify Office to be able to produce OpenDoc files. That's _their_ > decision, not the State of Massachusetts's. M$ has stepped into the > cell, locked the door and swallowed the key, while screaming "I've been > framed!". > > Also here is some dope on further M$ game playing. > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20051027115159254 > > Interesting how the file converter only converts from ODF to .Doc and > apparently not the other way. > > -- > Best Regards, > ~DJA. > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
