Microsoft Lashes out at Massachusetts IT Decision

scoop writes "Infoweek is reporting that the plan to eliminate the use of Office by the Massachusetts state government (previously covered on Slashdot) has not gone over well with Microsoft. Microsoft's Yates said the company agrees with the adoption of XML but does not agree that the solution to "public records management is to force a single, less functional document format on all state agencies." Microsoft also states they will not support the OpenDocument format. Looks to me Microsoft is scared their biggest cash cow is in danger from a free alternative. Soon I'm sure we'll see a Microsoft funded comparison between Office and OpenOffice."

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Re:Flexibility?

[doubledoh]

communism is an economic system comparable to capitalism.

Sorry, but no. There's nothing comparable about communism and capitalism. You see, capitalism works.

Oh, and yes, you can call communists "brutal." Taking away one's freedom property and giving it to someone else is about as brutal and unfair (and totally absurd) as you can get. Death and dictatorship is merely a byproduct of the extreme poverty and human inprisonment that communism requires.