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Which "Open" or "Standards based"?
"to adopt standards-based products for storing documents starting in January 2007."

Which is it, "Open" or "standards based"?

Do I or the maker of the tools I use, have to agree to a contract in order to access & edit that document?

That's what it comes down to, the terms of the contract are irrelevent. Whether I accept it directly, or a Wordprocessor maker accepts it on my behalf is irrelevent. It's whether I'm given conditional access via contract to my documents.

"standards based" is meaningless, a standards body are just blokes in an office trying to justify their existance. Most offer no protection from contract restrictions.
Posted by: Nigel Johnstone   Posted on: 01/04/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Which "Open" or "Standards based"?  Nigel Johnstone | 01/04/06
More patronisingly put with pictures here:  Nigel Johnstone | 01/04/06
So all the thousands of governments using PDF...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/04/06
OK, no contract.  Still Lynn | 01/06/06
Need I say more  zzz1234567890 | 01/04/06
Need I write more :"Massachusetts sticking with 'open' documents " - NT  nomorems | 01/04/06
Please say more  tic swayback | 01/04/06
tic, you are being naive.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/04/06
Right, like when they tell you that you COULD get a tax rebate.  DonnieBoy | 01/04/06
Good point, No_Ax. . . . Politicians are spineless - and will bow to money.  Plain Logic | 01/04/06
I will avert my attention...  Anton Philidor | 01/05/06
Doesn't hurt that much  tic swayback | 01/05/06
I really doubt they will implement odf by Jan 2007  DonnieBoy | 01/04/06
Yes, use an open standard. XML  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/04/06
Yes, odf is an open XML format. Microsofts is not, no rant, just facts  DonnieBoy | 01/04/06
Won't make a bit of difference.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/05/06
Microsoft's XML is not open and thats the end of the story  whisperycat | 01/05/06
The end for you maybe, not Mass.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/05/06
Priorities  duane.wills@... | 01/05/06
Why does microsoft waste time on such piffle  hipparchus2001 | 01/05/06
Sony is better than MSFT? I want what you're smokin'  flatliner | 01/05/06
ps2 games are better  hipparchus2001 | 01/05/06

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