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Subject: OpenDocument Adoption
From: bbj at innismir.net (Ben Jackson)
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:00:14 -0400 (EDT)
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On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Gordon Marx wrote:

> c) CBA: cost: waiting for MS to support OpenDocument or training
> people to use OpenOffice
> benefit: having documents that aren't in a closed format.
> conclusion: having government documents in a non-open format is bull
> and should be declared illegal.

The state requires documents to be stored in an open format already. (PDF,
HTML, etc.). Outlawing OpenOffice (by people who are NOT IT, I might add)
is silly and stupid.

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