Open for anything: Loss of advocate doesn't stall push for standards

Posted by dcparris on Jan 31, 2006 1:11 PM EDT
Washington Technology; By Ethan Butterfield
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When Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn resigned his post in December, citing political turmoil that threatened to derail the state’s adoption of an open-standards format for software, the behind-the-scenes battle between open-standards advocates and proprietary vendors went public. On one side sits Microsoft Corp. On the other side are open-standards advocates and vendors. They’re fighting for fair competition that doesn’t give Microsoft undue advantage because of what critics charge are the company’s long-standing relationships with most state governments.

[Ed: The real lesson here is for public officials to stand firm. Be sure to cover your bases, but definitely stand firm. - dcparris]

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They're choosing for practical reasons, not political ones AnonymousCoward 2 1,021 Feb 1, 2006 3:46 AM

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