Alan Yates
Alan Yates
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public records management is to force a single, less functional document format on all state agencies.
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It gives them the confidence that there is a foundation for documents that is not controlled by just one company but is a real consensus within the industry,
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The product has been extremely successful because it's more usable.
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We've shipped a version of Office 2003 with an open format and we've expressed more commitment to the approach in our next Office releases. We feel that we're not being given enough of an opportunity to explain how openness is possible.
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We would have liked a greater opportunity to explain how openness is possible with Office. We've found a very positive reaction to our open formats and our approach, and there's a growing awareness there.