OpenDocument standard reaches state government

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On Friday 23 September 2005 12:20 pm, David Hummel wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 12:00:33PM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > On Friday 23 September 2005 11:47 am, Bob BLU wrote:
> > > You can read the docs here:
> > >
> > >         http://www.mass.gov/Aitd/
> > >
> > > PDF is considered ok.  Justification from the FAQ:
> >
> > The problem with PDF is that Adobe provides free readers, but that it
> > cannot be used as a word processor file.
>
> Not really a problem, PDF was not engineered for this purpose.
>
> This is what OpenDocument is for.
Agreed. As Bob mentioned, PDF is intended for publications that are not 
intended to be modified, and it was itself government mandated.

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