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:FOXNews: Massachusetts Should Close Down OpenDocument
FOXNews: Massachusetts Should Close Down OpenDocument
Sep 30, 2005, 20 :30 UTC (90 Talkback[s]) (19602 reads)
(Other stories by James Prendergast)

[ Thanks to BrianRS for this link. ]

"The broader media usually take little interest in public policy debates about technology, but they’re missing a big story in Massachusetts.

"The technology trades, blogs and industry are buzzing about a monumental policy shift in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Officials in the state have proposed a new policy that mandates that every state technology system use only applications designed around OpenDocument file formats..."

Complete Story

FOXNews: Editor's Note: Disclosing Writers' Affiliations

[ Thanks to Chris Gregan for this link. ]

"The column 'Massachusetts Should Close Down OpenDocument' that appeared on FOXnews.com Sept. 28 identified author James Prendergast as executive director of Americans for Technology Leadership, but failed to disclose that Microsoft is a founding member of that organization..."

Complete Story

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
This was as fair and balanced as could b ...   Fox News   
Uno Engborg
Sep 30, 2005, 01:19:26  
That's FOX25 in Boston, and they&#39 ...   No, actually they should close WFXT.   
cr
Sep 30, 2005, 01:23:35  
Jim Prendergast is executive director of ...   Hmmm   
Tim Dion
Sep 30, 2005, 01:27:51  
Quote:The Massachusetts policy would ins ...   Providers aren't locked out!   
Edmundo
Sep 30, 2005, 01:49:07  
> Jim Prendergast is executive director ...   Re: Hmmm   
Luke
Sep 30, 2005, 01:56:32  
> This was as fair and balanced as could ...   Re: Fox News   
Bob
Sep 30, 2005, 01:58:33  
If Pendergast really believes his own cl ...   Methinks ye protest too much.   
Larry Povirk
Sep 30, 2005, 02:02:21  
> Jim Prendergast is executive director ...   Re: Hmmm   
Tim Hanson
Sep 30, 2005, 02:26:25  
Not to be the FOX cheerleader here, but ...   RE: FOX News   
scott_R
Sep 30, 2005, 02:30:09  
> > This was as fair and balanced as cou ...   Re: Re: Fox News   
ac
Sep 30, 2005, 03:02:32  
Isn't amazing how hard the Micro$oft ...   A Shrill Scream of Desperation   
lord vader
Sep 30, 2005, 03:17:45  
This is a wrong title for the article..T ...   The title of the article should have been...   
Xunil Ung
Sep 30, 2005, 03:25:59  
Did anyone notice that the author Jim Pr ...   Follow the breadcrumbs...   
nullAtASU
Sep 30, 2005, 03:36:12  
This opinion piece is just a long string ...   Free markets   
Jeff S
Sep 30, 2005, 03:53:14  
What am I missing here?Why don't MS ...   Twisted view   
rob
Sep 30, 2005, 04:18:53  
Agreed. And I'd also like to know h ...   Re: Providers aren't locked out!   
Cybertron
Sep 30, 2005, 04:47:52  
I was very pleased to see any U.S. gover ...   A Very Big Step   
bilfurd
Sep 30, 2005, 04:59:12  
The costs for installing software on old ...   I actually get it....   
Whee
Sep 30, 2005, 05:05:16  
Yes, but it happened because government ...   Re: Providers aren't locked out!   
Jason
Sep 30, 2005, 05:12:24  
> Offtopic--Although this particular art ...   Re: Re: Re: Fox News   
Colin Walls
Sep 30, 2005, 06:36:14  
In a parallel universe where everything ...   In a parallel universe, this would be correct   
Joe User
Sep 30, 2005, 06:52:35  
I have E-mailed Fox News and requested a ...   I have requested a debate with Mr James Prendergas   
Steve Starr
Sep 30, 2005, 07:22:08  
I've never seen such disgusting astr ...   Terrible   
Richard
Sep 30, 2005, 07:30:53  
I'm already piling up the pressure o ...   EU should switch to OpenDocument   
None
Sep 30, 2005, 09:57:52  
Geez, since this happened, I wonder how ...   Bravo, Massachusetts!   
Schpunty
Sep 30, 2005, 10:01:19  
> Agreed. And I'd also like to know ...   Re: Re: Providers aren't locked out!   
Nic
Sep 30, 2005, 10:44:11  
Everyone can keep using MSOffice, there ...   Just use OOo as an MS ouput filter   
Ed Matthews
Sep 30, 2005, 11:28:51  
I think what the estimable senor James P ...   Hissy fits   
Wesley Parish
Sep 30, 2005, 11:36:46  
> Quote:> The Massachusetts policy would ...   Re: Providers aren't locked out!   
drew Roberts
Sep 30, 2005, 12:03:15  
i wonder how anyone can be locked out of ...   vendor lockout   
jm
Sep 30, 2005, 12:13:13  
I think you meant: "read a Word 2000 doc ...   Re: Re: Providers aren't locked out!   
Kevin
Sep 30, 2005, 12:22:56  
> He may believe this is bad for free ma ...   Re: Free markets   
drew Roberts
Sep 30, 2005, 12:51:30  
humm I just checked on netcraft and it l ...   FOXNews IT uses linux.   
stew
Sep 30, 2005, 13:01:10  
This was as fair and balanced as could ...   Re: Fox News   
I R A Darth Aggie
Sep 30, 2005, 13:05:26  
I have E-mailed Fox News and requested a ...   Re: I have requested a debate with Mr James Prende   
I R A Darth Aggie
Sep 30, 2005, 13:19:51  
This was as fair and balanced as could ...   Re: Fox News   
Hyper L
Sep 30, 2005, 13:36:02  
After reading this article I had to post ...   Factless article by agenda driven author   
Alan Hood
Sep 30, 2005, 13:38:30  
I think you meant: "read a Word 2000 doc ...   Word to Word   
CETIV
Sep 30, 2005, 13:42:12  
I could hardly believe what I read in th ...   Man in the street...   
Neil
Sep 30, 2005, 13:50:50  
I think JP's comments reflect his be ...   Hissy fit reply   
omniprovident
Sep 30, 2005, 13:52:19  
The GPL uses copyright to protect its wo ...   Re: Re: Free markets   
omniprovident
Sep 30, 2005, 13:54:11  
> I was very pleased to see any U.S. gov ...   Re: A Very Big Step   
omniprovident
Sep 30, 2005, 13:58:32  
> If Pendergast really believes his own ...   Re: Methinks ye protest too much.   
jason
Sep 30, 2005, 14:09:05  
> I think you meant: "read a Word 2000 d ...   Re: Re: Re: Providers aren't locked out!   
Chris
Sep 30, 2005, 14:49:04  
For confirming what we've long suspe ...   Thank you right wing corporate media   
ac
Sep 30, 2005, 14:58:41  
I found it funny that he mentioned that ...   Infants with typewriters   
phptantrum
Sep 30, 2005, 14:59:48  
James Prendergast makes a good effort fo ...   Mass. Decision on Opendocument format - Fox news   
Harry deLong
Sep 30, 2005, 15:47:08  
> I'm most disturbed that the articl ...   Re: Mass. Decision on Opendocument format - Fox ne   
omniprovident
Sep 30, 2005, 15:54:05  
> The hypocrisy of the sheep constantly ...   Re: Re: Fox News   
Rufus Polson
Sep 30, 2005, 15:59:38  
This article is designed to frighten the ...   Foxy News   
Sid Boyce
Sep 30, 2005, 16:01:11  
When I was a child, I used to see horses ...   IT blinders   
Greg
Sep 30, 2005, 16:38:23  
Sadly, Microsoft will probably win this ...   Microsoft will win   
Daniel Johnson
Sep 30, 2005, 16:48:55  
Here it is in a nutshell:Everytime someo ...   No Need To Read The Article...   
Blackbird Highway
Sep 30, 2005, 17:37:45  
I was surprised to read such a blatentl ...   My reply to comments@fownews   
Kevin
Sep 30, 2005, 17:51:47  
> One of the issues raised is do program ...   Re: Re: Methinks ye protest too much.   
DanielB
Sep 30, 2005, 18:01:32  
> I could see everywhere something was s ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Providers aren't locked out!   
DanielB
Sep 30, 2005, 18:02:47  
> > The hypocrisy of the sheep constantl ...   Re: (3): Fox News   
Hyper L
Sep 30, 2005, 18:04:18  
> if he declines or if i don't reciv ...   Re: I have requested a debate with Mr James Prende   
DanielB
Sep 30, 2005, 18:05:34  
> Here it is in a nutshell:> Everytime s ...   Re: No Need To Read The Article...   
Nic
Sep 30, 2005, 18:37:31  
This seems like the perfect time to move ...   Now is the time for ODF   
dean
Sep 30, 2005, 18:42:19  
> liberals are becoming so far removed f ...   Re: Re: (3): Fox News   
ac
Sep 30, 2005, 19:02:09  
Fox News failed to disclose Mr. Prenderg ...   Disclosure   
Chris Gregan
Sep 30, 2005, 20:24:48  
I forgot to include my letter in the las ...   Letter to FOX and Editors Note   
Chris Gregan
Sep 30, 2005, 20:32:12  
This is a guest piece by James Pendergas ...   It's not about Fox vs. CNN   
Tom Henderson
Sep 30, 2005, 21:07:31  
> Isn't amazing how hard the Micro$o ...   Re: A Shrill Scream of Desperation   
Nicholas Donovan
Sep 30, 2005, 21:26:37  
Can't let this load go by...> > I wa ...   Re: Re: A Very Big Step   
phil
Sep 30, 2005, 21:40:32  
These complaints about Microsoft being p ...   Microsoft Punishing Itself   
Joe Almeida
Sep 30, 2005, 23:00:58  
> It might also help those NOT in the U. ...   Re: It's not about Fox vs. CNN   
Rufus Polson
Sep 30, 2005, 23:24:14  
The one thing we can be certain of is th ...   Comm. of Mass.   
John Bujack
Sep 30, 2005, 23:32:06  
How long do you really need a document t ...   How long do documents need to last?   
chris
Oct 1, 2005, 02:09:26  
> This is a guest piece by James Penderg ...   Re: It's not about Fox vs. CNN   
jason
Oct 1, 2005, 02:24:42  
This article (and it's legal-buttcov ...   Unbalanced: news, people, opinions   
Joe User
Oct 1, 2005, 02:26:35  
> One of the issues raised is do program ...   Re: Re: Methinks ye protest too much.   
phil
Oct 1, 2005, 02:51:09  
Don't shoot the messenger.I wouldn&# ...   Re: I have requested a debate with Mr James Prende   
jason
Oct 1, 2005, 03:29:15  
> The costs for installing software on o ...   Re: I actually get it....   
Volker Hett
Oct 1, 2005, 07:56:01  
> This explains how a clear majority of ...   Re: Re: Re: (3): Fox News   
Eric Laffoon
Oct 1, 2005, 10:40:20  
>> You American rightwingers just kill m ...   Re: Re: Re: Fox News   
jp
Oct 1, 2005, 14:01:00  
> > It might also help those NOT in the ...   Re: Re: It's not about Fox vs. CNN   
jp
Oct 1, 2005, 14:11:25  
Is there any evil empire that FOX news w ...   Is there any evil FOX doesn't shill for?   
Tachyon
Oct 1, 2005, 15:15:38  
It was an opinion piece. They also chos ...   Re: Re: Fox News   
Charles Hixson
Oct 1, 2005, 15:37:53  
> Why is it that so many people think it ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: (3): Fox News   
Hanu-mizzle
Oct 1, 2005, 17:40:35  
> > Quote:> > The Massachusetts policy w ...   Re: Re: Providers aren't locked out!   
Average User
Oct 1, 2005, 20:01:47  
> > > It might also help those NOT in th ...   Re: Re: Re: It's not about Fox vs. CNN   
Rufus Polson
Oct 1, 2005, 22:21:40  
Ladies and Gentlemen, one of the things ...   Strange Bedfellows   
drew Roberts
Oct 1, 2005, 23:43:12  
I applaud your efforts Chris, I really d ...   Re: Letter to FOX and Editors Note   
Peter Yellman
Oct 2, 2005, 01:58:33  
> > Why is it that so many people think ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: (3): Fox News   
Nicholas Donovan
Oct 2, 2005, 02:33:36  
> How can you make yourself believe that ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: It's not about Fox vs. CNN   
jp
Oct 2, 2005, 06:02:54  
Speaking of pseudo-intellectual garbage, ...   RE:RE: ... Fox News   
Gary Stewart
Oct 2, 2005, 09:35:21  
Fox News is a cable channel. WFXT is a ...   Get The Facts Here   
Passacaglia
Oct 3, 2005, 03:46:52  
> > it inevitably produces amoral oligar ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: It's not about Fox vs. CNN   
Rufus Polson
Oct 3, 2005, 05:12:40  
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