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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, OpenOffice, open source, Adobe PDF, document, format, IBM Corp., Microsoft 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, Office 12, state, XML, standards, Microsoft Office, 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, standards, OASIS, productivity-application, senator, IBM Corp., standard, XML, vice president, state, Microsoft Office, information technology, decision, Sun Microsystems Inc., forum

July 2, 2007 Proposed technical guidelines include Microsoft's Office Open XML on the list of "open format" standards. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, agency, XML, Massachusetts, Microsoft Office, standards, document, state, policy, Microsoft Corp., information technology

November 3, 2005 Senate bill proposes creation of task force to approve state technical policy, calling into question OpenDocument decision. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, electronic record, Massachusetts, information technology, policy, decision, bill, standards, agency, IBM Corp., Microsoft Office

December 13, 2005 Creation of Ecma standard committee gives Microsoft a point in escalating battle over desktop software. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, ECMA, productivity-application, technical committee, committee, Massachusetts, desktop software, Sun Microsystems Inc., standards, Microsoft Office, IBM Corp., vice president, state, Microsoft Corp.

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, information technology, format, IBM Corp.

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