I'm moving to Massachusetts! (aka Take that, Microsoft!)

Deja Q

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Sun Oct-19-03 01:31 PM
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I'm moving to Massachusetts! (aka Take that, Microsoft!)

Edited on Sun Oct-19-03 01:58 PM by HypnoToad

http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=1A40D64B-22C5-404B-9ACF-E50D2D4B855C

BOSTON (AP) - With more than $32 billion in sales last year, Microsoft Corp. doesn't usually worry about losing one customer.

But this one may be different.

Massachusetts Administration and Finance Secretary Eric Kriss last month instructed the state's chief technology officer to adopt a policy of "open standards, open source" for all future spending on information technology.

The directive likely won't completely cut out Microsoft from the state's $80-million technology budget.

But it may be the clearest example yet of a state government taking sides against Microsoft in the software industry's most important struggle.

YES!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!! OH YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is great!

Let's hope the whole country switches to open-source before TCPA and such kicks in, damn fascists!

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DulceDecorum

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Sun Oct-19-03 01:54 PM
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1. Note to Bill Gates

Have Mitt Romney over for dinner.
Discuss administration and finance
and the difficulty of getting good help these days.

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HEyHEY

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Sun Oct-19-03 01:57 PM
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2. All well and good but..

Are you really moving there?

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Deja Q

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Sun Oct-19-03 01:59 PM
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3. Can't afford it. Besides,

I need to get MN government to switch as well.

Given that StarOffice alone is $25 per license, I can easily use the "wasteful spending" argument when MS Office is $250 per license...

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gristy

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Sun Oct-19-03 02:49 PM
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4. You live in MN, Toad?

I just left. Now I'm in MA. Huh.

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Deja Q

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Sun Oct-19-03 05:07 PM
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5. Minnesota, born'n'raised

I hope the open-source move works out for MA. Others states will definitely follow if it is a success.

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