More Microsoft in Massachusetts: Dirtier Tricks with Open Document

Posted by tadelste on Dec 12, 2005 6:00 AM EDT
ConsortiumInfo.org Standards Blog; By Andy Updegrove
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The Secretary of State of Massachusetts thinks it would be a great idea for a task force of political appointees to tell 2000 IT professionals what they can and can't do. How's that again?

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Linda Hamel, the General Counsel of the Massachusetts department that is struggling to establish ODF for state use, has prepared a challenge to those in the State Senate that would strip State CIO Peter Quinn of his power to set IT policy. Her analysis graphically describes why a task force of political appointees has no business telling more than 2000 IT professionals what to do. The question here analysis asks between the lines is this: Why would any sane person want to do this?

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