Massachusetts, OpenDocument Format, and format news on CNET

May 5, 2006 Developers have created a way to save OpenDocument documents from Microsoft Office. The first customer may be the commonwealth of Massachusetts. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Stephen O'Grady, Massachusetts, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, development, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., open source, format, document

November 10, 2005 Growing cadre of vendors vows to improve alternatives to Microsoft Office, as government customers voice more interest. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Stephen O'Grady, Office 12, desktop software, Microsoft Office, XML, vendor, technology company, agency, standard, Massachusetts, interest, IBM Corp., format, Microsoft Corp.

September 1, 2005 State intends to phase out office applications from Microsoft and others in favor of software based on "open" standards. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, Peter Quinn, XML, state, agency, standards, open source, OpenOffice, Adobe PDF, document, Microsoft Corp., format, IBM Corp., Microsoft Office

November 28, 2005 After picking OpenDocument as a standard, commonwealth is "optimistic" that standardized Office formats will pass muster. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, procurement, Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, state, Office 12, Microsoft Office, standards, XML, standard, Governor, agency, format, decision, Microsoft Corp., information technology

December 14, 2005 State senators air the issues around its decision to use OpenDocument as the default desktop application format. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, OASIS, standards, productivity-application, IBM Corp., senator, standard, XML, vice president, state, Microsoft Office, decision, information technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., forum

April 25, 2006 Minnesota has followed Massachusetts with a bill to adopt open formats, but most states have yet to tackle digital archives. TAGS: Minnesota, CIO, Massachusetts, state, standards, OpenDocument Format, document, agency, office, format, information technology, IBM Corp.

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