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Massachusetts to adopt 'open' desktop

 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, standards, agency, open source, OpenOffice, Adobe PDF, document, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., format, Microsoft Office

Mass. warms to Microsoft Office standard

 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, standards, Microsoft Office, XML, standard, Governor, format, agency, Microsoft Corp., decision, information technology

Microsoft document formats gain Mass. favor

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

OpenDocument up for adoption in Texas, Minnesota

 February 7, 2007 States may follow Massachusetts in making the rival to Microsoft Word format the standard for all documents, spreadsheets and presentations. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Texas, Minnesota, Massachusetts, agency, bill, spreadsheet, presentation, standard, document, Microsoft Office, state, XML, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp.

California may adopt OpenDocument

 February 28, 2007 Bill would require state agencies to adopt ODF as a standard and exclude the use of proprietary file formats. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, agency, bill, Massachusetts, California, XML, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft bends on OpenDocument

 July 6, 2006 The software giant will sponsor an open-source project to create a converter between Open Office XML and OpenDocument file formats. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, XML, interoperability, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007, OpenOffice, project, general manager, Massachusetts, France, open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, IBM Corp.

Massachusetts says it's open to multiple formats

 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, decision, state, Microsoft Office, information technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., forum

OpenDocument format gathers steam

 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, Microsoft Office, desktop software, agency, technology company, vendor, XML, standard, Massachusetts, interest, IBM Corp., format, Microsoft Corp.
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