Sun, 04 Sep 2005

Microsoft Lashes out at Massachusetts IT Decision

Imagine, for a moment, if the documents in question weren't digital, but created the old fashioned way, with typewriters. Now imagine that everyone who wanted to read a document created with a Microsoft typewriter had to either buy a Microsoft typewriter, or get a "free" pair of glasses from Microsoft, which will only work in a house built by Microsoft, to read the document.

I don't think M$ would sell too many of those typewriters! Yet this is essentially the analog version of what they're trying to pull with their word processing software.

Kudos to Massachusetts (for once) for calling "Bullshit!" on this scheme.

Infoweek is reporting that the plan to eliminate the use of Office by the Massachusetts state government has not gone over well with Microsoft.

(link) [Slashdot]

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