http://www.tonybove.com/getoffmicrosoft/blog/?p=42 How to get off, where to get off, and why you should stay off Microsoft, with news and tips on alternatives Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:59:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 http://www.tonybove.com/getoffmicrosoft/blog/?p=42#comment-4508 Mon, 01 May 2006 20:51:44 +0000 http://www.tonybove.com/getoffmicrosoft/blog/?p=42#comment-4508 [...] Meanwhile, the war between OpenDocument (ODF) and the “Microsoft standard” — which, if won by ODF, promises to unlock the Office monopoly — rages on. Despite the political pressure that forced its CIO Peter Quinn to resign over Christmas, Massachusetts is still in the front lines in the battle over standard file formats. Quinn was investigated by The Boston Globe (and later cleared), but quit anyway. In his first major interview, with Groklaw, Quinn points the finger at Microsoft’s political cronies: “Senator Pacheco and Secretary Galvin’s office remain very heavily influenced by the Microsoft money and its lobbyist machine.” [...] […] Meanwhile, the war between OpenDocument (ODF) and the “Microsoft standard” — which, if won by ODF, promises to unlock the Office monopoly — rages on. Despite the political pressure that forced its CIO Peter Quinn to resign over Christmas, Massachusetts is still in the front lines in the battle over standard file formats. Quinn was investigated by The Boston Globe (and later cleared), but quit anyway. In his first major interview, with Groklaw, Quinn points the finger at Microsoft’s political cronies: “Senator Pacheco and Secretary Galvin’s office remain very heavily influenced by the Microsoft money and its lobbyist machine.” […]

]]> http://www.tonybove.com/getoffmicrosoft/blog/?p=42#comment-176 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:40:51 +0000 http://www.tonybove.com/getoffmicrosoft/blog/?p=42#comment-176 [...] Two “open” formats — Microsoft has sewn fear, uncertainty, and doubt about “open” file formats by not supporting the emerging OpenDocument Format standard, pressuring the Massachusetts legislature and governor, and proposing its own Office 12 formats as a second “standard”. When are two standards better than one? When you are a monopoly, of course. It just isn’t in Microsoft’s interest to have a standard document format that is open and stable. [...] […] Two “open” formats — Microsoft has sewn fear, uncertainty, and doubt about “open” file formats by not supporting the emerging OpenDocument Format standard, pressuring the Massachusetts legislature and governor, and proposing its own Office 12 formats as a second “standard”. When are two standards better than one? When you are a monopoly, of course. It just isn’t in Microsoft’s interest to have a standard document format that is open and stable. […]

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