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IBM Stresses Importance of OpenDoc to MA
gordoste writes "After announcing this past weekend that the WorkPlace line of products would support the OpenDocument set of standards, IBM has sent a letter to Massachusetts' governor promoting the software. They point out that the software was built in Massachusetts and that the French tax agency saves 10% on their IT budget as a result of moving to open standard software." From the article: "Designed at IBM's development lab in Westford, Massachusetts, the IBM Workplace Managed Client will help protect an organization's investment in corporate data by promoting consistency, reliability and open accessibility of its documents. As you know, Massachusetts is recognized across the globe as an incubator for software development ... What you may not know is that software is major growth engine for IBM, and solutions being developed at these IBM locations are being built on open standards because our customers are demanding choice and control over their information technology."
The two seem to go hand-in-hand.
Now if IBM can just write a program to fully document how and where the money was spent on the Big Dig.
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
Steve Ballmer is quoted as saying that "I'm going to f***ing burry IBM, too!"
We're all hypocrites. We all have hidden parts, it's the contrast between them that make us more a hypocrite than others