ODF threat to Microsoft in US governments grows

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Mar 5, 2007 3:17 AM EDT
iTWire; By Stan Beer
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California has introduced a bill to make open document format (ODF) a mandatory requirement for agencies when acquiring software, turning up the heat on Microsoft. The bill follows similar legislation in Texas and Minnesota and adds further to the pressure on Microsoft which is pushing its own proprietary Office Open XML (OOXML) document format in the recently released Office 2007.

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