Soundbites

Microsoft Office - Proprietary
Open Office - Freedom
another case of
OPEN VERSUS CLOSED
 

“(the switch) aims to
transform the state from an information technology

‘Tower of Babel to an IT United Nations.’”

-Peter Quinn in Business Week, Massachusetts’ chief information officer testifies at a recent legislative hearing on the proposal to transofrm the information technology of the state government from Microsoft’s proprietary file formats to an open-source proprietary-freUnited Nationse formatEscher Tower of Babel OpenDocument that Office does not currently support. The move is intended to keep government documents accessible as software evolves and independent of Microsoft’s future behavior.

 

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One Response to “Soundbites”

  1. ivan Says:

    Just thought I’d drop by to see what’s going on… pretty neat I have to say…

    Keep it up!

    And remember there are no Towels where we’re going


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