The Massachusetts Information Technology Division has issued a request for information for an "OpenDocument Format Plug-in for Microsoft Office Suite," a move likely to infuriate Microsoft.
A battle between Massachusetts technology staffers who want to free the state from proprietary document formats and the world's biggest technology company looks ready to explode into more sharp words and who knows what else.
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Microsoft has resisted enabling that compatibility in Office itself. They have been battling with Massachusetts for nearly three years over that compatibility.
Those battles have forced the former advocate for the change, Peter Quinn, to resign his position as state CIO. However, Governor Mitt Romney promptly wrote an opinion piece for Fox News criticizing the ODF movement. Prendergast claimed it would be a burden to taxpayers.
Prendergast's position became undermined when it was revealed that Microsoft funds Americans for Technology Leadership. Fox News quickly added that missing disclaimer to the article when it came to light.
Now another organization has taken up the fight against Massachusetts. The Initiative for Software Choice, with a stated mission of "promoting neutral government procurement, standards and public R&D policies for software," criticized Massachusetts' ODF initiative, but not the plug-in request, in a statement Microsoft as a founder, a revelation that should be of no surprise to anyone following the Microsoft vs Massachusetts kerfuffle.
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