[sf-lug] Fwd: [vox] [fwd] California AB 1668 [mandate open document formats for the California state government]

[jim stockford]

seen on LUGOD...

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> From: Bill Kendrick <nbs at sonic.net>
> Date: April 11, 2007 7:57:22 AM PDT
> To: LUGOD <vox at lists.lugod.org>, SacLUG lug-nuts <lug-nuts at saclug.org>
> Subject: [vox] [fwd] California AB 1668 [mandate open document formats  
> for the California state government]
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> Seen on SVLUG...
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> ----- Forwarded message from Cyrus Mack -----
>
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:41:18 -0700
> From: Cyrus Mack
> Subject: [svlug] California AB 1668
>
> For those of you unaware, California AB 1668 would mandate open
> document formats for the California state government. See the text
> here -
>
> http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ 
> ab_1668_bill_20070223_introduced.html
>
> I'm putting together a web site at http://www.bytesfree.org/
>
> Find your local assemblymember and write them. If they happen to be on
> the committee for which a hearing is scheduled on April 17, even
> better. The committee in question is the Committee on Jobs, Economic
> Development and the Economy. The breakdown is 4 democrats to 2
> republicans.
>
> Apparently, Microsoft is already lobbying hard to defeat it and
> prevent it from getting out of committee.
>
> Please forward this to other interested groups.
>
> Sincerely,
> Cyrus Mack
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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