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Microsoft and Massachusetts (Redux)
2006-12-06
J.B. Zimmerman revisits
the battle in Massachusetts over the state government's
initiative to adopt open standards for software, specifically
the OpenDocument (ODF) format.
With a new executive government taking the reins at the State
House in January, how Massachusetts officials proceed with
information technology remains to be seen.
A Technology Advisory Group is advising Governor-elect
Patrick. Absent from its list of members that includes a
Microsoft employee are any open source community or vendor
representatives. Admirably, one IT executive whose company has
an existing state contract,
reclused himself from the transition working group.