OpenDocument In Massachussetts

Oh, what a long, wicked story it is in the state of Massachussetts. After the government's decision that they only wanted an open format for official public documents (hence standardising on ODF and PDF), a whole bunch of self-proclaimed "pundits" bemoaned how it's such a bad idea since, well, I don't know. It's just bad for Microsoft, and thus is somehow bad for everyone else as well. Such is the opinion of this fellow here:

Berlind thinks the Massachusetts government has made a brilliant decision, in spite of the fact that it backed a technology that is mostly a no-show in a much larger democratic process (the global marketplace) that has standardized on Microsoft Office and its associated technologies.

Look, I've got news for you, you Microsoft half-wits. The "global marketplace" is hardly a "democratic process". It's a hegemony of monopolies and oligopolies that force consumers into buying whatever crap the behemoths sell, because of their marketing budget, strong-arm tactics, network effects and other devices of large corporations. Besides a handful of crazy Microsoft-loving shills who would queue up for months at Bill Gates' doorstep for a chance at fellating him, nobody's going to cry any tears over Microsoft's alleged loss in Massachussetts.