Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 27th Dec 2005 18:03 UTC, submitted by Andy Updegrove
"I'm very sorry to report that Peter Quinn, the CIO of Massachusetts who has been at the center of a controversy relating to his efforts at the Information Technology Division to adopt the OpenDocument format for the use of the Commonwealth's Executive Agencies, has resigned."
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Quote: "you FOSS guys seem to think that people that utter morons".
Most 'ordinary' computer users are morons. It's a fact.
Quote: "His basic problem is that he overlooked or ignored the requirements of state agencies, relating to accessibility, security, cost, etc"
I suggest you read up a bit more pal, he most certainly did investigate these areas.
Quote: "Let this be a lesson"
That you don't really know what you're talking about...
Quote: "not playing politics with document formats."
Certainly, NOT Microsoft document formats, since they're large enough to bribe senators and whole governments!
Quote: "If you could have answered the requirements put forth by the state agencies before the decision was made, this would be a non-issue."
Please! Read the transcripts at groklaw.net before you comment - Quinn and others were regularly meeting with other agency departments, for the past 18 months! He was keeping them well and truly in the light. Get your facts right. Posts like yours really piss me off because they are not factual. If you want to be pro Microsoft, fine, do so, but be factual.
Quote: " You were successful in getting MS to open up its XML license."
huh? They most certainly haven't! They've made a PR attempt of appearing to open up their formats, without actually doing so. Ever heard the term "trojan horse"? That's all this latest PR stunt from Microsoft is.
Dave