http://www.osnews.com/story/13507/Romney_Appoints_New_CIO_Emphasizes_Commitment_to_ODF Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:03:28 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://www.osnews.com/thread?91233 http://www.osnews.com/thread?91233 ..in/for ODF compatible software, things look good for open standards adaption.Edited 2006-01-31 15:47 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Ronald Vos) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?91234 http://www.osnews.com/thread?91234 From news.com.com
"Romney will not run for re-election in Massachusetts and will step down at the end of this year. As the CIO position is an executive branch appointment, the incoming governor next year could name a new CIO." Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Googlesaurus) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?91317 http://www.osnews.com/thread?91317 last time i checked there were 50 states in the Union whether or not Massachusetts adopt ODF is of little significance. It woill most likely just cause problems between document transfers between states. In other words a larger program of adoption would be significant. Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Smartpatrol) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?91488 http://www.osnews.com/thread?91488 "It woill most likely just cause problems between document transfers between states. In other words a larger program of adoption would be significant."

Very big problems brewing with this whole idea.... Wait until the federal government and other states tell them they won't accept their documents submitted in ODF format. Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Googlesaurus) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?91710 http://www.osnews.com/thread?91710 Wait until the federal government and other states tell them they won't accept their documents submitted in ODF format.

I'm not sure that this is a problem. The ODF file format is for archiving data for the state executive branch. It isn't mandated that Massachussetts must send out documents to the feds or anyone else in a format that they won't accept. Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:24:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (glarepate) Comments