Massachusetts Makes Smart Move Official
Switch to OpenDocument format will make state documents more accessible to the public because anyone can have the software to read the format.
Look at it this way, would you buy a car that only ran on Exxon gas? Buy a CD that would only play on a Toshiba-brand CD player? Of course not!
So, Massachusetts made the smart choice, the only intelligent choice, of going with a standard that is not ultimately under the control of one company.

