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What the? Why is Mass purchasing Office 2003? This story is alarming in that Office 2003 is no longer being preloaded by OEMs. So the draft proposal is very backwards looking. In fact if the draft proposal goes forward Mass goes backward. Lets not forget that several Mass IT leaders lost jobs over the battle for industry standardization on ODF. The thuggery continues with the draft proposal. It should be withdrawn.

On a positive note, the former CEO of Corel now heads Microsoft's efforts with SharePoint. The Corel Office product is SharePoint like in many respects.

Hence, from a purely technical standpoint, Microsoft has lost; the competing technology has won.

That competing technology is likely in Office 2007. Lets get on with industry standardization but also bring the criminals in our industry to justice. Those criminals are involved with the draft proposal.

Let no government agency build to Office 2003 because it is not foundation technology; it is tax payer rip off.

Are the authors of the draft proposal known? What are their names? Are they government employees? Are they Microsoft employees? Are they connected to Microsoft? Is this article for real or is it just a waist of bandwidth because the future so clearly does not involve the technology discussed.

Or and I think this true, is the draft proposal cover-up for wrong-doing in Massachusetts. Did tax payers in Massachusetts pay for technology that was not authorized by policy and law? Are decision makers covering up for that by draft proposals that imply the policy was some how unclear. Who are they? Let them do the time. We are a forgiving nation but we are only a great nation by holding wrong doers accountable.

Frank L. Mighetto CCP
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Microsoft Office 2003?  mighetto | 07/02/07
They might have done this just to get rid of the circus of MS lobbyists for  DonnieBoy | 07/02/07
Or they may have done this to  John Zern | 07/02/07
A government like this really only needs very simple document editing, and  DonnieBoy | 07/02/07
So now *you* decide what everyone needs?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/02/07
No, he does not have enough money...  Solid Water | 07/02/07
Extortion  mighetto | 07/03/07
Mighetto...  BFD | 07/03/07
BFD, corporations have no right to interfere in government  stevey_d | 07/04/07
Chalk up another area of expertise for Donnie  xuniL_z | 07/04/07
This is all about money (MS spent for lobbying)...  Solid Water | 07/02/07
There are a lot of problems with ooXML other than the issue if it is open  DonnieBoy | 07/02/07
Only Those Retiring Follow the old Microsoft-Way Today  mighetto | 07/03/07
Microsoft document formats gain Mass. favor  Loverock Davidson | 07/02/07
They did think before they acted  Michael Kelly | 07/02/07
Well, they DID get what they wanted. They got MS to open their document  DonnieBoy | 07/02/07
It's always been that way Donnie.  xuniL_z | 07/04/07
Say What! - That a joke right? Or have you got your head on backwards? - NT  raycote | 07/03/07
He's just your below average troll...  BanjoPaterson | 07/03/07
A joke?  xuniL_z | 07/04/07
Good news for everyone  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/02/07
If you consider added expense for the taxpayers of Mass, then I guess this  DonnieBoy | 07/02/07
Exactly  markbn | 07/02/07
As you point out, there MUST be a lot of money to be gained or lost based  DonnieBoy | 07/02/07
RE  markbn | 07/02/07
Yeah!  Cardinal_Bill | 07/02/07
They too can CHOOSE  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/02/07
What about money in their pockets (remember IPhone customers)?  Solid Water | 07/02/07
Money spent is about value  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/03/07
yeah their format was so good, MSFT didn't have to resort to underhandednes  stevey_d | 07/03/07
The purpose for open  bjbrock | 07/02/07
Not as insignificant as your logic! -NT  raycote | 07/03/07
Most importantly, you weren't involved in the decision  Boot_Agnostic | 07/03/07
This is an outstanding achievement for MS.  DemonX | 07/03/07
Way back when I said MS would cave to MA-ITD...  John Le'Brecage | 07/03/07
Hmmm...  Henry Miller | 07/03/07
Wow and they didn't have to use any underhand tactics.... oh  stevey_d | 07/03/07

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