Peter Quinn
Peter Quinn
agencies date develop january migration phased plans target
Agencies will need to develop phased migration plans with a target implementation date of 1 January 2007.
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It's been a combination of people trying to do the FUD factor and people sometimes don't get it, ... We've said we're going to adopt a format approved by an international standards organization effective January 1, 2007. It's not anybody's technology. It's not procurement. It's a standard. There's nothing about open source or any of the rest of it.
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Microsoft has remade the desktop world, ... But if you've watched history, there's a slag heap of proprietary companies who have fallen by the wayside because they were stuck in their ways. Just look at the minicomputer business, for example. The world is about open standards and open source. I can't understand why anybody would want to continue making closed-format documents anymore.
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We figure this is the best opportunity for people to get hands-on and get an opportunity to see what technologies are coming out.