Monthly Archives: April 2007

In this video, Bonnie Garcia (R-80), talks a lot about unrelated IT failures in an effort to spread FUD:

Here’s the hearing testimony of opposition to AB 1668, led by Microsoft:

Here are those in support of the bill: Here are Mark Leno’s opening comments:

After watching the full video of the committee proceedings – and I must note that they debated AB 1668 for a full hour – there are a few things to note: The arguments against can be broken down into a … Continue reading →

According to this story, Florida’s open standards legislation has been thwarted. The allegation in the article centers around a heavy Microsoft lobbying effort that managed to thwart the open standards language in 24 hours. It’s important to note the differences … Continue reading →

The California open formats bill, AB 1668, passed its first hurdle yesterday after a hearing before the JEDE (Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy). The committee voted by a 4-2 margin to “…pass as amended and be re-referred … Continue reading →

As I posted on 4/12, AB 1668 was amended on 4/11. The meat of the change was Section 1(a)(3), which you can see highlighted in this post. After asking around, I got some very reassuring news from people that would … Continue reading →

In this blog post, Walt Hucks absolutely destroys Microsoft’s propaganda against AB 1668. If you know of anyone on the fence about this issue, direct them to that one page. Some choice quotes: While I support the use of XML-based … Continue reading →

Ok, I was half-right about when the committee hearing for AB 1668 would take place. It will not be heard with the other 2 “sunshine” bills introduced by Leno – those will be heard by other committees. 1668 will be … Continue reading →

You can see the amended file here. According to that, it was amended on April 11. There are some semantic changes, such as replacing “open document software” with “use of approved open file format software.” Also changed is any reference … Continue reading →