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Once upon a time, RTF was an open standard. Microsoft has "enhanced" it, though, and it now has the same version-specificity that their other file formats do.
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Good on them  jjanks | 09/01/05
As much as I dislike Mass...  Rick_K | 09/03/05
No religion here, just saving money and making sure data is in open formats  DonnieBoy | 09/01/05
And they only made this move...  Anti_Zealot | 09/01/05
We need more governments and large companies to make this move as well.  DonnieBoy | 09/01/05
Give up MS Office. Sure, right after you beat that nasty heroin addiction.  chrislovesdana | 09/01/05
Linux?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/01/05
Keep on using Office  tic swayback | 09/01/05
They want all documents in the OASIS standard format  DonnieBoy | 09/01/05
And what about .xls & .ppt?  thetargos | 09/01/05
.XLS & .PPT? Done!  garyedwards@... | 09/01/05
RTF  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/01/05
You don't need M$ anywhere  ITGuy04 | 09/01/05
Unfortunately  SantiagoCrespo | 09/01/05
Same old silly stuff  frabjous | 09/01/05
Obviously you don;t keep up with the news...  PeregrineFalcon | 09/01/05
nothing contradicts what he said  woot! | 09/02/05
Even more silly stuff...  itpro_z | 09/01/05
Same old silly stuff? Pffft!  bigJ_z | 09/05/05
If you're basing your procurement decision on the price of HW...  IT Makes Sense | 09/02/05
More MS Shill FUD on ZDNet...nt  LoCal | 09/01/05
You seem confused, chrislovesdana  rassilon | 09/01/05
Well said  moonbr | 09/02/05
The poor one...  scoobbs@... | 02/27/08
Fits with the rest of their hippy liberalism  ejhonda | 09/01/05
Only state to vote for George McGovern, yes.  Anton Philidor | 09/01/05
Parties aren't painted with too broad a brush  dragontiger | 09/01/05
Sounds like China.  enduser_z | 09/01/05
Bad dog, no bicsuit  the_doge | 09/01/05
Re: Only state to vote for George McGovern, yes.  none none | 09/01/05
yup, good one dude  Jeff Spicoli | 09/01/05
So they were ahead of the curve.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/01/05
No, they failed to follow the standard.  Anton Philidor | 09/02/05
This is a good move!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 09/01/05
they will...  Monkey_MCSE | 09/01/05
Key difference  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/01/05
It's the MS strategy, "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish". nt  LoCal | 09/01/05
Correction  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/01/05
bad move  los_z | 09/01/05
All Microsoft needs to do is make MS Office native format comply with the  DonnieBoy | 09/01/05
Yes and No  Otto_Delete | 09/02/05
More MS Shill FUD...nt  LoCal | 09/01/05
Not excluding Microsoft except by Microsoft choice  JeremyAllison | 09/01/05
This is very troubling for Microsoft. They have to play fair.  DonnieBoy | 09/01/05
Microsoft doesn't have to play fair ...  George Jay | 09/01/05
Very true, that is why governments must DEMAND open formats.  DonnieBoy | 09/01/05
There is a save as function in MS products  osreinstall | 09/01/05
Like Microsoft is the only that understands "advanced" formatting.  DonnieBoy | 09/01/05
Even more fun to see open source get frustrated.  osreinstall | 09/01/05
Another commodity  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/02/05
Actually you have it backwards  osreinstall | 09/02/05
What is still more fun  AmusedAtItAll | 09/02/05
You really are dumber than a box of rocks  osreinstall | 09/02/05
Still in the throes of that psychotic episode I see  AmusedAtItAll | 09/02/05
You really are drunk on open koolaid.  osreinstall | 09/02/05
Backwards compatible? Really?  OfficeDev | 09/02/05
They were phasing out the program with the file format.  osreinstall | 09/02/05
ROFLMAO!!  fmcgowan | 09/06/05
I had no problems with WP files.  osreinstall | 09/06/05
Oh really???  Mark Miller | 09/09/05
Brown noses...  scoobbs@... | 02/27/08
Even OO has its on format.  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/01/05
So, Bully for them.  osreinstall | 09/01/05
Sophistication  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/01/05
That came from; Why does someone insist on running someone elses business?  osreinstall | 09/01/05
rtf - generic  mbrierley | 09/01/05
Exactly  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/02/05
DOH! - Yourself  osreinstall | 09/02/05
Like I said before kidding you got it backwards.  osreinstall | 09/02/05
A psychotic episode?  AmusedAtItAll | 09/02/05
Another one that doesn't get it.  osreinstall | 09/02/05
MS zealot strikes back...  AmusedAtItAll | 09/02/05
You are still wrong.  osreinstall | 09/02/05
Did you RTFA???  fmcgowan | 09/06/05
Did you think it thru?  osreinstall | 09/06/05
Re: M$ Zealot  OfficeDev | 09/02/05
Shunning a format because it's closed is stupid  osreinstall | 09/02/05
Agreed  evangelinux | 09/01/05
Open formats are the future (I hope)  kiz | 09/01/05
This is GREAT but only because I like to see good  Laff | 09/01/05
More MS Shill FUD on ZDNet...nt  LoCal | 09/01/05
re. chrislovesdana "Give up MS Office. Sure..."  LoCal | 09/01/05
Small Gov?ts Aren't $$$ Flush Like Big Firms  tbbrickster_z | 09/01/05
Not many big companies  gitmo | 09/01/05
Get real  flatliner | 09/02/05
training?  Monkey_MCSE | 09/02/05
Re: training?  OfficeDev | 09/02/05
more difficult than you think  eriklikeszdnet | 09/03/05
open open desktop  Singon Smyth | 09/01/05
Federal Regulations need to be changed as well  Carrion | 09/01/05
Standards really ought to change  masinick@... | 09/01/05
Massachusetts WAS a computer company state  masinick@... | 09/01/05
But they're NOT locking them out!  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/01/05
Saves money huh? SURE!  liqour43@... | 09/01/05
no migration needed  doh123 | 09/01/05
Wrong, but excusable  Mark Miller | 09/09/05
But you sir are , wrong inexcusably  lsorrells | 09/14/05
Finally, some good ol' market competition  rajones_i | 09/01/05
sure is alot of clueless new readers today...  Monkey_MCSE | 09/01/05
sure is alot of clueless new readers today...  bennetttm | 09/02/05
exactly, and i posted that in an earlier topic  Monkey_MCSE | 09/02/05
Yep, M$ is all about money.  Dr_Zinj | 09/02/05
Ya Think?  John Zern | 09/02/05
Double standards on both sides  John Zern | 09/02/05
Right Monkeyboy  osreinstall | 09/02/05
Pot Kettle Black?  Rick_K | 09/03/05
Wrong, you are another ABMer.  osreinstall | 09/03/05
Really now...  Rick_K | 09/04/05
How many years have you been clueless?  osreinstall | 09/05/05
Speaking of Clueless  Rick_K | 09/05/05
Ask them in 5 years on that plan.  osreinstall | 09/05/05
Give it a rest  Rick_K | 09/06/05
Afraid not Rick  osreinstall | 09/06/05
You should be afraid  Rick_K | 09/06/05
Mass can't be too bright  osreinstall | 09/06/05
Speaking of not too bright.  Rick_K | 09/06/05
Poor spelling, yeah right.  osreinstall | 09/06/05
MS and legal ??  talisman | 09/05/05
Afraid so  osreinstall | 09/05/05
MS ADOPT OPEN SOURCE?  sykandtyed | 09/01/05
MS ADOPT OPEN SOURCE?  bennetttm | 09/02/05
Student Test Scores  slempke | 09/01/05
great idea  ted.dushane | 09/01/05
MS and lackys treat OpenSource like the boogey man  Airwolph | 09/02/05
Feds should also stop monopoly  franjayo | 09/02/05
There is no monopoly. Ever heard of Apple or Linux?  lingsun | 09/03/05
Yeeeehaaaaa!  Dr_Zinj | 09/02/05
MS filters  bennetttm | 09/02/05
Free is Useless Mentality.  StateEmployee | 09/02/05
Amazingly the same is true for other state governments  loginssuck | 06/30/06
We wasted over a quarter million dollars of your tax dollars  loginssuck | 06/30/06
Is there an Open-Source VBA for scripting, etc  PJfromOttawa | 09/02/05
Sounds like you'll need to sit still for now.  Yen_z | 09/02/05
You Betcha!  quietLee | 09/02/05
PDF is an open standard  caruso94 | 09/02/05
Re: PDF is an open standard  OfficeDev | 09/02/05
It's about time  bkbouk | 09/02/05
Really? Big deal. All MS will do is  John Zern | 09/02/05
Adobe .pdf is not free or open - It is proprietary  lttaylor@... | 09/02/05
So True.  John Zern | 09/02/05
Indeed  eriklikeszdnet | 09/03/05
Open source free? Really?  eriklikeszdnet | 09/03/05
Those are distros which happen to include Linux . . .  CobraA1 | 09/03/05
Why now? It doesn't make sense.  lingsun | 09/03/05
It's called an "Upgrade cycle"  Rick_K | 09/04/05
Open source will have upgrades also.  osreinstall | 09/04/05
No requirement to be beholden  Rick_K | 09/05/05
Yeah sure and they have to be licensed  osreinstall | 09/05/05
What color is the sky  Rick_K | 09/06/05
Actually the price isn't that bad. But then you are cheap.  osreinstall | 09/06/05
Not cheap at all.  Rick_K | 09/06/05
You aren't being held ransom  osreinstall | 09/06/05
How about Open Source database?  rwgreene | 09/04/05
Oracle's address  jorwell | 09/06/05
Good luck  xilord@... | 09/06/05
We're doomed  b8zs4@... | 09/07/05
Maybe your mind is doomed... provided you have one... which I doubt...  scoobbs@... | 02/27/08
Typo  scoobbs@... | 02/27/08
They will save millions. U.S. economy will crumble.  craig@... | 09/12/05

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