http://politics.slashdot.org/politics/05/12/28/0037246.shtml?
tid=185&tid=219
Andy Updegrove is reporting on his blog that Peter Quinn, CIO of
Massachusetts and focus of the recent media feeding frenzy, has
decided to step down. Quinn stressed that his departure does not
signal any major changes in policy nor was he forced to resign. He
did say that a large part of the decision was made by the Boston
Globe's unfounded (and quickly disproven) charges."
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/newsblog/blog.php?ID=1863
I'm very sorry to report that Peter Quinn, the CIO of Massachusetts
who has been at the center of a controversy relating to his efforts
at the Information Technology Division (ITD) to adopt the
OpenDocument format for the use of the Commonwealth's Executive
Agencies, has resigned, effective January 9, 2005.
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20051227113652154
I've heard that Peter Quinn resigned as the CIO of Massachusetts
effective Jan 9, 2006. I met with Peter briefly on December 21,
prior to his decision, and he indicated to me he was extremely
uncomfortable with the personal attention surrounding the open
format controversy. Peter is an IT professional who is not
accustomed to the rough-and-tumble world of politics. He found the
last few months to be very distasteful, especially the Boston Globe
article that seemed to imply some sort of improper influence
related to his conference travel. He was completely cleared after
an internal administrative review.
TPOSSCON 2006 starts January 9th. Peter Quinn was on the agenda,
but had to cancel. Perhaps now we understand a bit more about 'why'.
Jim
