Talk:Microsoft Office dropped by Massachusetts, USA

Good job. I agree that the "dumped" in the original title was a bit POV, even though the sources used it, but restored the title using the more neutral term "dropped". I also added the country, for the international audience. StuRat 05:28, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Shouldn't the title be: "Microsoft office dropped by Massachusetts, US"?--216.229.237.115 13:03, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

yes i agree with that, they don't say anything about dropping anything else from microsoft just the office suite. Boneyard 13:20, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

The sources themselves were unclear about this, but I was wondering. Embracing the OpenDocument concept is one thing, but does anyone know if that, by definition, means they will be using the OpenOffice suite? To me, the sources all look they've copied one another and perhaps the first one wasn't too clear on the difference between a product and a document format. Slashdot has a big thread of discussion on this, but I can't get to their site right now (Slashdot may have been Slashdotted).

Adding US with the comma to the headline makes it sound like a list -- suggesting that Office has been dropped by Massachusetts and by the US. Suggest "State of Massachusetts", which is American enough to disambiguate the location, right? --cmpalmer 19:11, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Why is "state of Massachusetts" any more american than "Massachusetts"? Most poeple know where Massachusetts is. <rant> I really think we have to stop pandering to those with a crimanly poor knowledge of geography. If you don't know where it is then you can click on the article (which will presumably tell you where it is). Futhermore, if you don't know where it is, there is a reasonably high likelyhood that you won't be interested in it due to it location. </rant> I agree with you that it looks like a list. ~The bellman | Smile 16:36, 3 September 2005 (UTC)