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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, Microsoft Office, XML, Massachusetts, policy, document, standards, state, information technology, Microsoft Corp.

Judge: Microsoft must pay state legal tab

September 22, 2003 A federal judge has ordered Microsoft to pay nearly $1 million in legal fees to the state of Massachusetts, less than half of what the state has been seeking. TAGS: Tom Reilly, Massachusetts, antitrust, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, state, federal judge, attorney general, Judge, fee, 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, Minnesota, Texas, Massachusetts, bill, agency, spreadsheet, state, standard, Microsoft Office, document, presentation, XML, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp.

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, Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, state, Office 12, Microsoft Office, procurement, Governor, XML, standards, standard, office, format, Microsoft Corp., agency, decision

Microsoft slaps firms with piracy lawsuits

June 15, 2005 Files suits accusing companies in two states of selling counterfeit copies of Windows and related products. TAGS: suit, Virginia, state, California, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft settles another antitrust case

November 7, 2003 The software company reaches a deal with North Carolina, as it works toward putting an end to its ledger of class-action lawsuits. TAGS: North Carolina, class action, settlement, professional development, antitrust case, antitrust, school, state, suit, court, Microsoft Corp., agreement, software company

Proprietary software--banned in Boston?

September 30, 2003 Massachusetts adopts a policy to favor open standards and open-source software in government computing projects. TAGS: open standard, Massachusetts, policy, open-source software, state, information technology, Boston, antitrust, Web server, open source, XML, Microsoft Corp., server

Mass. to use Microsoft Office in ODF plan

August 24, 2006 In letter seen by CNET News.com, commonwealth says it'll use Office suite plug-in as it moves to standardized format. TAGS: Louis Gutierrez, OpenDocument Format, disability, Massachusetts, state, Microsoft Office, information technology, OpenOffice, letter, agency, document, Microsoft Corp., open source

Massachusetts sticking with 'open' documents

January 4, 2006 Despite state CIO's departure, Massachusetts is not pulling support for OpenDocument standard. TAGS: Peter Quinn, OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, state, information technology, CIO, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Massachusetts moves ahead sans Microsoft

September 23, 2005 State finalizes policy calling for desktop applications supporting OpenDocument standard format. Microsoft Office is excluded. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, state, Microsoft Office, policy, decision, Microsoft Corp., agency, IBM Corp.

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

Mass. replaces CIO in OpenDocument fray

January 6, 2006 As acting CIO is named, governor's spokesman says commonwealth is "on track" to use OpenDocument-based software next year. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Peter Quinn, CIO, Office 12, desktop software, Governor, state, Microsoft Office, Massachusetts, information technology, IBM Corp., spokesman, Microsoft Corp.

Week in review: Got Real ID?

March 2, 2007 Bush administration says states will have until 2013 to issue the ID cards, wants to create the equivalent of a national database. TAGS: Real ID Act, ID card, state, Week in review, homeland security, reader, copy, Microsoft Windows XP, database, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft chalks up more class-action settlements

October 28, 2003 The company reaches settlements that total approximately $200 million in six class-action lawsuits that involve antitrust claims and product pricing. Ten down, five to go. TAGS: Brad Smith, class action, settlement, antitrust, suit, state, court, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., America Online Inc., operating system

Mass. holding tight to OpenDocument

July 5, 2006 State is sticking to its plan to standardize on OpenDocument, says the incoming CIO, describing the move as irreversible. TAGS: Louis Gutierrez, OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, CIO, Stephen O'Grady, state, open standard, information technology, decision, IBM Corp., open source, format, Microsoft Corp.

Office standards battle grinds on

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, Microsoft Office, Sun Microsystems Inc., standards, state, IBM Corp., vice president, Microsoft Corp.

India: Speaking your language

November 15, 2005 Part of a special feature on open source and developing nations, a look at what the Indian government is doing in alternative software. TAGS: India, margin, government, open-source software, open source, state, language, Linux, information technology, CD, Microsoft Corp.

Brazil: The spirit of community

November 15, 2005 Part of a special feature on open source and developing nations, a look at what the Brazilian government is doing in alternative software. TAGS: Brazil, Conectiva, margin, Mandriva, state, open-source software, open source, Linux company, government, school, Linux, laptop computer, city, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Testimony: SAP, Microsoft would rein in Oracle

June 16, 2004 Accenture exec tells court that credible competition would still exist after an Oracle-PeopleSoft merger. TAGS: Lawson Software Inc., SAP AG, PeopleSoft Inc., testimony, Accenture Ltd., Oracle Corp., merger, Human Resources, Germany, antitrust, state, attorney, Microsoft Corp.

Charting tactics in the war on spam

June 18, 2003 Christine Gregoire, attorney general from Microsoft's home state of Washington, has some advice for federal lawmakers cooking up spam laws: Don't stifle commerce, and let individuals have their day... TAGS: spammer, spam, legislation, Washington, law, attorney general, legislator, state, advice, nation, e-commerce, anti-spam, Internet Service Provider, solution, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.