Former Mass. CIO feels 'bittersweet pride' after battles with Microsoft
As CIO of Massachusetts from February to November last year, Louis Gutierrez had to endure most of the brunt of Microsoft Corp.'s political wrath over a state policy calling for the adoption of the Open Document Format for Office Applications, or ODF.
Now a consultant at Exeter Group Inc. in Cambridge, Mass., Gutierrez took part in a panel discussion on defining moments in IT leadership at Computerworld's Premier 100 IT Leaders Conference here this week. During a separate interview, he reflected on his nine months in the Massachusetts hot seat, trying to implement a file format policy engineered by his predecessor while also seeking to secure adequate funding for critical IT projects. Excerpts from the interview follow:
What did you find most bothersome about what Microsoft did?
This was the first time I had ever seen a vendor involved in efforts to re-charter the central IT agency, and I find that troubling.
You mean they weren't just attacking a policy, they were attacking the agency that had developed the policy?
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