California may join rush of states toward ODF - 0 views
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Like the other two measures, the bill in the California Assembly doesn't list any specific document formats that could be used. But as in Minnesota and Texas, the introduction of such a bill appears to be another potential win for backers of the Open Document Format (ODF) for Office Applications.
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Good article about the opening salvo in what promises to be a long, hard fought war with Microsoft. Unlike what has happened in the EU and Massachusetts, this time our friends in Redmond are politically facing off on the home turf of their powerful enemies in Silicon Valley, which stretches from the south of market area (SOMA) all the way down the San Francisco peninsula to San Jose, arching around the entire Bay area.
If you thought it was raining dollars from Redmond in Massachusetts as the great monopolist moved to successfully shut down the entire Information Technology budget, including HomeLand Security projects, the battle of California promises to be the el nino of perfect storms. I'm confident though that California CIO Clark Kelso and five star brigadiere general Bill Welty will stand tall against the storm. I can hardly wait for the forces to move into place and the action begin. What a show this is going to be.
Meanwhile, what's at stake here is all the marbles of our digital future. Forcing Microsoft to accept and fully implement the OpenDcoument XML file format is something the great monopolist has shown they will fight to the bitter end. Brace yourselves!