There was an interesting article on CNNMoney.com about Peter Quinn, the former CIO of the state of Massachusetts, who sparked a standards debate when he made it departmental policy that all documents must be saved in ODF (open document format), i.e. formats like html, pdf, and ODF so they can be opened and read on any type of operating system.
The geek who took on Microsoft by Jia Lynn Yang, FORTUNE reporter.
Whether it was coincidental or not, Mr Quinn was falsely accused of misuse of state travel funds, so he resigned, but was cleared later of the charges. Massachusetts Geek Validation
Dave Boggs
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