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Posted to dev@openoffice.apache.org by Ian Lynch <ia...@gmail.com> on 2014/01/29 11:38:17 UTC
UK government preparing to switch to AOO?
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/29/uk-government-plans-switch-to-open-source-from-microsoft-office-suite
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Re: UK government preparing to switch to AOO?
Posted by Ian Lynch <ia...@gmail.com>.
Depends on how much is rhetoric and how much gets translated into practice.
I'll try and find out more and give nudges in the right direction. Two
things are in our favour. Microsoft has waning importance with the rise of
Google and Apple in particular and this makes people a bit less averse to
the risk of change. The government is desperate to demonstrate strategies
to save money to reduce the budget deficit in ways other than cutting
public services.
On 29 January 2014 12:53, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 5:38 AM, Ian Lynch <ia...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/29/uk-government-plans-switch-to-open-source-from-microsoft-office-suite
> > --
>
> Nice. It sounds like the Cabinet Office Minister was talking about
> open standards, but that got conflated in the article with open
> source. I cringe a little when I see phrases like "open-source files
> ". But where open standards are adopted then open source programs
> like OpenOffice compete on a more level playing field, so this is all
> good.
>
> -Rob
>
> >
> > Ian
> >
> > Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications <
> https://theingots.org/community/faq#7.0>
> >
> > Headline points in the 2014, 2015, 2016 school league tables
> >
> > www.th <http://www.theINGOTs.org>*elearningmachine.co.uk
> > <http://elearningmachine.co.uk>* +44 (0)1827 305940
> >
> > The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, Unit 4D Gagarin, Lichfield
> > Road Industrial Estate, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 7GN. Reg No:
> > 05560797, Registered in England and Wales.
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Road Industrial Estate, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 7GN. Reg No:
05560797, Registered in England and Wales.
Re: UK government preparing to switch to AOO?
Posted by Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org>.
On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 5:38 AM, Ian Lynch <ia...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/29/uk-government-plans-switch-to-open-source-from-microsoft-office-suite
> --
Nice. It sounds like the Cabinet Office Minister was talking about
open standards, but that got conflated in the article with open
source. I cringe a little when I see phrases like "open-source files
". But where open standards are adopted then open source programs
like OpenOffice compete on a more level playing field, so this is all
good.
-Rob
>
> Ian
>
> Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications <https://theingots.org/community/faq#7.0>
>
> Headline points in the 2014, 2015, 2016 school league tables
>
> www.th <http://www.theINGOTs.org>*elearningmachine.co.uk
> <http://elearningmachine.co.uk>* +44 (0)1827 305940
>
> The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, Unit 4D Gagarin, Lichfield
> Road Industrial Estate, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 7GN. Reg No:
> 05560797, Registered in England and Wales.
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