Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 10th Oct 2005 13:34 UTC, submitted by Mark Brunelli
Massachusetts' plan to standardize desktop applications on OpenDocument, an open standard not supported by Microsoft Office, essentially comes down to a matter of control, according Stephen O'Grady. O'Grady has been following the story closely and explains that as a sovereign entity, Massachusetts feels the need to be in complete control of its desktop technology, rather than relying on a single company for its office productivity needs. 
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The nice thing about free and open standards is that people are free to implement a free and open solution if they so choose. Usually, someone will. In fact, the reference implementation should probably be open source. Code is more specific than any possible specification.