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Massachusetts Adopts Open Standards Strategy
prostoalex writes "The state of Massachusetts at a meeting of state information officers adopted a broad-based strategy to move to open standards. The strategy does involve Linux among other open standard solutions, while moving away from Microsoft-based platforms is one of the decisions. State Administration and Finance Secretary Eric Kriss insisted that decision was made on technical grounds and had nothing to do with antitrust investigation of Microsoft by the state of Massachusetts."
massachusetts = bed-wetting liberals
open source = hand-wringing liberals
massachusetts + open source = ass-blasting good times
Aren't they one of the highest taxed States in the Union? And they are complaining about costs? If anyone should be able to afford Microsoft fees, it would be Mass. Maybe they don't like the competition -- that MS tax and all.
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From the article: Microsoft's software is considered "closed" because application developers and other programmers don't have free access to the blueprints. Microsoft blueprint: 1. Make money! I don't think I've ever seen source code/standards called that before...
That was completely unexpected...
The punchline was the clincher!
State Administration and Finance Secretary Eric Kriss insisted that decision was made on technical grounds...
Like the virus that got into the government systems recently and caused them all to be shut down? Then again being the state of MA, maybe they thought they could tax the virus to death before it did any harm...
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stop calling us taxachusetts :)
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How long before a bunch of open source revolutionaries are seen dumping Windows CD's into the bay?
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Even worse than Word, how about publishing stuff in Word Perfect 6.1 format?
MIcrosoft! Now Banned in Boston! oke, maybe not 'banned.' but i have to predict: the headline will come up...
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