State of Massachusetts RFI about ODF plug-in for MSFT Office

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    Regards  JBC

~   James Bryce Clark

~   Director, Standards Development, OASIS

~   

From: Boldman, Claudia (ITD)
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Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 5:17 PM

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Subject: Massachusetts Request for Information (RFI) - ODF Plug-in for
Microsoft Office Suite

This afternoon the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Information Technology
Division issued a Request for Information (RFI) regarding Open Document
Format Plug-ins for the Microsoft Office Suite. Through this RFI The
Commonwealth seeks information pertaining to the existence or development
of a "plug-in component" or other converter options to be used
with Microsoft Office that would allow Microsoft Office to easily open,
render, and save to ODF files, and also allow translation of documents
between Microsoft's binary (.doc, .xls, .ppt) or XML formats and ODF.
Respondents responding to this RFI need not be on state
contract.

The RFI is posted on the Commonwealths procurement website at
www.comm-pass.com.
In the middle of the page, click on Search for solicitations, enter ODFin
Keyword box, and view the open solicitation (RFI 06-1). Click on the
Intenttab to access the RFI document.

As we are interested in gathering information about all current and
potential efforts in this area we would appreciate any assistance you can
give us in getting the word out to as many interested parties as
possible. Thanks in advance for your help.

Claudia Boldman

Chief Planning and Strategy Officer

Information Technology Division

(617) 626-4422

www.mass.gov/itd