Christian Seberino wrote:
Now I've heard everything. This one really makes me mad. How
a bunch of senators could be oppossed to Massachusetts
not using an open document format because 'it would impose
unnecessary costs on state government' is beyond me.
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/10/25/galvin_attacks_software_proposal/
Because you don't think about accounting.
A Microsoft Office purchase is almost certainly *statewide*. Converting
documents to OpenDocument is *department by department*.
Thus, if I am the MA Department of Stupidity, Microsoft Office doesn't
come out of *my* budget. However, the time, effort, and money to
convert all of my documents to OpenDocument *does*.
Now, Microsoft is almost certainly fanning the flames this kind of
political infighting, but the tendency was already there.
The worst part is that if MA can just stick to its guns long enough to
do the first round of OpenOffice conversions, Microsoft will magically
produce a version of Office that reads OpenDocument.
Microsoft is not going to lose an entire state just over ODF; however,
they are going to fight it until the bitter end.
I will say that this is a really bad time to open your mouth if your are
a politician. He must either not be up for election or is really
secure. Massachusans tend to get riled up over being shaken down.
-a
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