It's a long way to ODF for Massachusetts
A notable part of the discussion came when Linda Hamel, the ITD's general counsel, was asked why she thought the Citizens Against Government Waste have taken a position against the decision, and called it anti-competitive. "I think that with the exception of the disability organizations, almost all of the organizations that have come out against ODF have been funded by Microsoft," she stated.
When pressed to clarify whether the organizations are subsidiaries of Microsoft, Hamel said, "I am saying that they have been influenced."
What is of significant concern is that this case has now become a millstone around the neck of key politicians' ambitions and their careers placing unquantifiable pressure on Peter Quinn which reminds me of a well know phrase that "all is fair in love and war".
UPDATE: Microsoft Offers Office Document Formats to Ecma International for Open Standardization Company to work with other industry leaders in standards body to foster interoperability and unleash power of billions of documents worldwide. So ODF will have to compete with another open standard.