Saturday, September 24, 2005

State's Open Document Dispute Raises Legacy Questions

State's Open Document Dispute Raises Legacy Questions: "Government is trusted with preserving for its citizens the integrity of their public records. Because most, if not all, permanent records will eventually move from that universal data format—paper—to electronic formats, IT bears responsibility now and in the future to preserve access to those records. Consistent with that responsibility, we think Microsoft—and all software vendors—should support accepted and ratified open formats.

We think Massachusetts officials are right to take a stand."

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