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Texas Legislature Considers Open Document Formats

Posted by kdawson on from the rising-tide dept.

An anonymous reader notes that a legislator in Texas has introduced a bill to require open document formats in all state government business. The bill is carefully worded such that only ODF could pass its test as "open." The story is covered by the Fort Worth Star Telegram, which is careful to be even-handed, giving Microsoft's spokesman equal time. A ZDNet blogger notes that the bill, introduced by a Democrat in a state whose politics is dominated by Republicans, faces chances that "...fall somewhere east of slim and west of none."

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  1. Re:Sweetheart deal from MS very soon by tjstork · · Score: 1, Troll

    And semi-dirty to dirty politicking if that doesn't convince them. Remember Massachusetts.

    Hey, Massachusetts has to pay for that health care bill somehow!

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  2. IT is... by tjstork · · Score: 1, Troll

    The one where they legally require you to buy your own private insurance and then call it universal healthcare? Yeah, I'm sure that one is costing the state billions.

    It is, because if you cannot afford health insurance, the state picks up the tab. that's the whole key. Massachussetts has the lowest uninsured percentage in the country, by far, but it is expensive to do.

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