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Romney Continues ODF Support With New Appointee

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the sounds-like-a-platform-to-me dept.

Andy Updegrove writes "There is a major new development in the ongoing saga in Massachusetts over implementation of the OpenDocument Format (ODF). Governor Mitt Romney has named a permanent successor to former State CIO Peter Quinn, utilizing the entire press release announcing his appointment to underline the fact that the new CIO, Louis Gutierrez, would not only be charged with implementing the ODF policy, but that his past experience was uniquely suited to that task. Moreover, the press release goes out of its way to note that implementation of ODF is still on target for an effective date of January 1, 2007."

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  1. Long day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is getting out of hand. Mitt Romney is advocating Open Source software and shunning Microsoft. Wikipedia says that MA Democrat Marty Meehan is sleeping with Ken Mehlman. John Siegenthaler trying to discredit James Frey. I'm so confused. Bill O'Reilly, Please Save Me. Slashdot, I wish I knew how to quit you...

  2. Speaking of statehood... by peterfa · · Score: 4, Funny

    I live in Washington State, you know, the land of Redmond. It's nice of our Eastern fellow state to take a look at ODT format. However, you must pitty us. We're never going to see the light of OSS in our lifetimes...
    I guess the sun sets in the West and rises in the East. I guess evolution obeys time zones too.

  3. Re:Hooray!! by Verteiron · · Score: 3, Funny

    a mandatory death penal for whistling the latest Britney Spears

    Actually, I rather like this idea.

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