Who opposes the state's effort to ditch Microsoft Office?

Well, Microsoft, of course.

But also Citizens Against Government Waste:

"It is bad procurement policy for any state to unilaterally lock itself into one set of technologies," CAGW President Tom Schatz said.

Oh, horrors! How could our state officials be making such a potentially costly (even deadly!) mistake?

But then you calm down and you start to wonder who, exactly, is Citizens Against Government Waste. And along comes somebody like Michael Smith to explain that CAGW is actually a front for large corporations. In fact, if you go to CAGW's links page and scroll down to "Technology Reform Links," you'll find a link to www.microsoft.com with this note:

Visit the Microsoft website to examine the future of cyber technology!

Astroturf, anyone? More on CAGW.