The state proposes an open document format initiative where Microsoft Office would be replaced.
If it's an electronic document, it has to be "created and saved" in an open format by 2007 in Massachusetts. The state recently updated its said Alan Yates, general manager of the Office division at Microsoft. "It would seem to me that before taking such a big shift, they would look into it further."
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