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Massachusetts Adopting 'Open Format' Software
XopherMV writes "A Massachusetts state senator who had complained about the state government's effort to promote open-source software at the expense of proprietary software has hailed the state's effort to reach a compromise over future software purchases by the state. The latest iteration of the state's policy emphasizes 'Open Formats' such as TXT, RTF, HTM, PDF, and XML." And if file formats for state use must be in truly open and free formats, then it matters much less what OS or application is used to create or open them. (On the other hand, XML and other TLAs don't always mean free or open formats.)
Actually he's probably referring to the software that is called OpenOffice.org
Pardon me for being insistent, but "openoffice.org" is a Web address, not a name. If the company that makes it doesn't want their customers to call it "Open Office," they should change the name. (They should probably change the name in any case. "Open Office" doesn't exactly stir the soul.)
What makes you think your experience is more typical than his?
Numbers.
So an IT guy that you apparently considered incompetent told you Linux was hard. This is supposed to be compelling?
No, it was supposed to be illustrative. Reading comprehension much?
We use open source software because we like the support, reliability and licensing freedom.
How odd. Because it has none of those three things.