Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 30th Sep 2005 11:15 UTC, submitted by Sansta
In the News The commonwealth of Massachusetts has finalised its decision to standardise desktop applications on OpenDocument, a format not supported by Microsoft Office. State agencies in the executive branch are now supposed to migrate to OpenDocument-compliant applications by 1 January, 2007, a change that will affect about 50 000 desktop PCs. The reference model also confirms that Adobe's PDF format is considered an "open format".
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RE: YIPPY FOR FREEDOM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by on Fri 30th Sep 2005 18:53 UTC

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"But anyway, critizising any move that benefits OSS is a stupid thing to do. I should've known better."

No, you should have known better than to criticize a move that benefits *everyone* (cept MS, through their own choice).

Eugenia, come back! I'd much rather put up with your Gnome preference (your opinion after all) than an editor who either doesn't grasp simple concepts or pretends he doesn't to troll more efficiently his own website. It's getting old..