Move to open format office documents

[Syngin]

Here's a good article about elements of the US government moving away from Microsoft document formats:

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/05/29/8378022/index.htm?cnn=yes

[EnigmaOne]

It misses several points:
http://www.linuxpipeline.com/news/187201784
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060504015438308
http://www.techweb.com/wire/software/187200878
http://opendocument.us/
Office ODF plugin developed, and tested by the Open Source Community and the ODF. Will be offered to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for integration testing.
It would seem that microsoft has been forced into supporting ODF

To see what kind of low-lifes the ISC really are:
http://www.softwarechoice.org/news.aspx
http://www.softwarechoice.org/principles.aspx
(nothing but a microsoft shill)

[Syngin]

It misses several points:
http://www.linuxpipeline.com/news/187201784
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060504015438308
http://www.techweb.com/wire/software/187200878
http://opendocument.us/
Office ODF plugin developed, and tested by the Open Source Community and the ODF. Will be offered to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for integration testing.
It would seem that microsoft has been forced into supporting ODF

To see what kind of low-lifes the ISC really are:
http://www.softwarechoice.org/news.aspx
http://www.softwarechoice.org/principles.aspx
(nothing but a microsoft shill)

Ahhh, interesting stuff. I guess we know now why I'm not a moderator here hehe

Cheers for the additional links.