kamper
Diamond Member
http://news.com.com/Massachusetts+to+ad...esktop/2100-1012_3-5845451.html?tag=nl
The beauty of this is that they don't seem to be mandating a particular office application or suite, just the OpenDocument format. Some people seemed to be confusing this with mandating OpenOffice, although the article wasn't quite definitive enough to say which it was. I'm assuing it's the format, not the application. This is a way better solution, imho, because it allows individual offices to be creative with what they use (like trying out linux and KOffice or whatever) while still maintaining compatibility with everyone else. Being tied to a format is much less restrictive than being tied to an application (particularly one that periodically raises hell by changing format).
They also standardized on pdf and I'm hoping that trend grows and nips the whole stupid metro thing in the bud.
The beauty of this is that they don't seem to be mandating a particular office application or suite, just the OpenDocument format. Some people seemed to be confusing this with mandating OpenOffice, although the article wasn't quite definitive enough to say which it was. I'm assuing it's the format, not the application. This is a way better solution, imho, because it allows individual offices to be creative with what they use (like trying out linux and KOffice or whatever) while still maintaining compatibility with everyone else. Being tied to a format is much less restrictive than being tied to an application (particularly one that periodically raises hell by changing format).
They also standardized on pdf and I'm hoping that trend grows and nips the whole stupid metro thing in the bud.
