20 Quotes by Alan Yates

We've shipped a version of Office 2003 with an open format and we've expressed more commitment to the approach in our next Office releases. We feel that we're not being given enough of an opportunity to explain how openness is possible.

The product has been extremely successful because it's more usable.

Peter?s travels were public records, and reporters just looked into it.

It gives them the confidence that there is a foundation for documents that is not controlled by just one company but is a real consensus within the industry,

Open Office is fine if you have very limited needs because it was really designed around what Microsoft Office products were designed around 10 years ago.

Openness is very important for us, and for our customers. There's more awareness, but as the situation in Massachusetts demonstrates, we still have more work to do in terms of emphasizing our work with open formats.

We have substantial concerns ... with the definition of 'open formats' in the current proposal.

We're encouraged by the additional and thorough review that the Legislature is pursuing to better understand the costs and issues associated with the existing Massachusetts proposal.

We would have liked a greater opportunity to explain how openness is possible with Office. We've found a very positive reaction to our open formats and our approach, and there's a growing awareness there.