Sun urges Massachusetts to reject Open XML

Iria · Nov 29, 2005, 05:34 PM

NOVEMBER 28, 2005 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Sun Microsystems Inc. today urged a Massachusetts state official to rethink an opinion that Microsoft Corp.'s Open XML meets the state's parameters for an acceptable open document format just because it has been submitted as an open standard.

In a letter signed by Carl Cargill, director of corporate standards at Sun, the company asked the state to keep in mind the reasons for its previous commitment to the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) specification. The office of Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has proposed OpenDocument as the standard format for documents generated by state government agencies.
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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Sun urges Massachusetts to reject Open XML NOVEMBER 28, 2005 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Sun Microsystems Inc. today urged a Massachusetts state official to rethink an opinion that Microsoft Corp.'s Open XML meets the state's parameters for an acceptable open document format just because it has been submitted as an open standard. In a letter signed by Carl Cargill, director of corporate standards at Sun, the company asked the state to keep in mind the reasons for its previous commitment to the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) specification. The office of Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has proposed OpenDocument as the standard format for documents generated by state government agencies. ___________ Read More / Source: Computerworld