Did you feel that the opposition to you was spreading? It was spreading to people that aren't fluent in the IT area and, for the most part, don't know me from a hole in the wall.

What do you think is going to happen to the Open Document initiative? You're not there anymore. Your former boss, who also championed the project, is gone as well. Gov. Mitt Romney has pledged to move forward, but he isn't running for re-election. The opposition could just stall and throw it all out, couldn't they? You know, it could happen.

But on the other side, we asked for something very simple. We asked to have formats that were unimpeded by proprietary restrictions and licenses, and we asked people to adhere to recognized standards bodies. It's not something that's totally unreasonable at all.