Microsoft / Windows - New file format causes Mass panic at Microsoft

The state of Massachusetts has caused a stir after it has emerged that it plans to adopt the OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) open file format as a prerequisite for new productivity suites from 2007.
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