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Thursday, November 3, 2005

Look! Microsoft gets back at OpenDoc -- 10:59 am CST, Update by The Master

Check it out: Massachusetts bill endangers OpenDocument decision. You can also read the Groklaw coverage.

That's right--Microsoft managed to get a politician to take a strong shot at killing OpenDocument in Massachusetts. According to the article this may be due to political infighting over records control, but I think this is M$ passing some ca$h under the table to mister politico, creating a 4-person committee with 50% business involvement to control standards-setting in MA. Since there aren't enough people who care about this to vote these people out of office, I think that's the end of the road for OpenDoc in MA. We'll have to see how it goes.

I guess my pessimistic side is showing, huh?

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