Microsoft opposes California interoperability bill
Microsoft has begun sending out e-mails urging people to oppose an upcoming California state bill that would promote open interoperability with digital documents. The bill, named “California A.B. 1668 : Open Document Format, Open Source“, would require all state agencies to standardize on XML-based open document standards so that they may be accessible to a wider range of applications and operating systems. The bill also establishes a “procurement preference” for the OpenDocument format (ODF). Microsoft objects to this stated preference and asserts that Microsoft’s own Office Open XML format would be a better candidate.