Bill Anderson wrote: > "The fact that the ODF policy threatened Microsoft’s business interests > wasn’t lost on Eric Kriss, who had paved the way for its adoption while > serving as a cabinet secretary under Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. In > an interview, Kriss said he wasn’t surprised by “the aggressiveness” > that Microsoft showed both publicly and privately in pursuing its > opposition to the ODF policy." > > "He was no stranger to technology himself. Following a prior stint as > the state’s finance secretary, Kriss became CEO of MediQual Systems > Inc., a database developer with products based on Microsoft’s FoxPro > software. He left MediQual in 1998 to start his own business, Workmode > Inc., which uses open-source software to develop Web-based business > applications. He makes no secret of his belief that governments > eventually will move to open source." > > Hey...a Foxpro company! ;-)
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