Comments on: OpenDocument up for adoption in Texas, Minnesota

States may follow Massachusetts in making the rival to Microsoft Word format the standard for all documents, spreadsheets and presentations.

[Commander_Spock]

"OpenDocument" adoption in Texas, Minn....

... the way to go! "The Minnesota Preservation of State Documents Act, if passed, would require that all documents "including text, spreadsheets and presentations" of the state be created in ODF. The XML-based document format is a rival to Microsoft's Office technology..."; from a certain perspective, it is not so much as being a "rival to Microsoft's Office technology" but that of the fact that the Open Document Format Standards is the ISO's approved standard thus far meaning that the ODF standard could be universally applicable.

[lesfilip]

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[Commander_Spock]

"OpenDocument" adoption in Texas, Minn....

... the way to go! "The Minnesota Preservation of State Documents Act, if passed, would require that all documents "including text, spreadsheets and presentations" of the state be created in ODF. The XML-based document format is a rival to Microsoft's Office technology..."; from a certain perspective, it is not so much as being a "rival to Microsoft's Office technology" but that of the fact that the Open Document Format Standards is the ISO's approved standard thus far meaning that the ODF standard could be universally applicable.

[lesfilip]

Commander_Spock is a talkbot, not human

Commander_Spock is a program, and a poorly designed one at
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Have a nice day!

[hbloom]

It's about time!

I was very excited when the state of Massachusetts decided to follow the Open Document Format. I am even more excited now to see more states deciding to follow ACTUAL PUBLISHED standards. I just hope more follow suit.

This is very exciting indeed. Maybe these states will take the next step and start saving themselves money by going to Open Source software.

That would most certainly be a VERY happy day!!!

[hbloom]

It's about time!

I was very excited when the state of Massachusetts decided to follow the Open Document Format. I am even more excited now to see more states deciding to follow ACTUAL PUBLISHED standards. I just hope more follow suit.

This is very exciting indeed. Maybe these states will take the next step and start saving themselves money by going to Open Source software.

That would most certainly be a VERY happy day!!!