It has been reported in ComputerWorld that Microsoft has trounced all of the pro-open formats bills that were being deliberated in 6 state legislatures across the US at one time this year. California’s AB 1668 was, unfortunately, one of them.
The most recent defeat occurred last Thursday in California, where a toned-down version of a bill in favor of open formats was declared to be stalled in the state assembly’s Committee on Appropriations — even though the bill’s sponsor, Mark Leno a Democratic assemblyman for San Francisco, chairs the committee.
It would seem, then, that the only way to send the right message is to make sure that those on the appropriations committee know that Californians do, in fact, care about their information rights. Coming soon: a list of everyone on the appropriations committee and how you may voice your displeasure to them.
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