[Glastonbury] [Fsfe-uk] Bristol City Council goes open source (fwd)

[peter.t.cole at lineone.net]

even though it's a good kick in the whats it's for MS as this does not invooe
Linux ( a shame but any move to reduce licencing cost is a benifit ( i don't
particulay like my taxs pay Bill Gates) more people may move over to star
office and then the migration path to Linux will be easier as linux is able
to use openoffice.org or staroffice.


>-- Original Message --
>Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:49:21 +0100 (BST)
>From: Martin Wheeler <mwheeler at startext.co.uk>
>To: glastonbury at mailman.lug.org.uk
>Subject: [Glastonbury] [Fsfe-uk] Bristol City Council goes open source
(fwd)
>Reply-To: "The Linux User Group of Glastonbury (LUGOG)"
>	<glastonbury at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>
>
>Of course, it's star office not open office, so it's not truly open source...
>
>Now ... when do you think the white heat of the technological revolution
>
>will hit >>Glastonbury's<< town councillors?
>
>2025?
>
>Or significantly later?
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: E-Government Bulletin: 18 October, 2004
>Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:07:40 +0100
>From: Dan Jellinek <dan at headstar.com>
>To: <egovbulletin at headstar.com>
>
>...
>[snip]
>...
>
>+01: BRISTOL SET FOR BIGGEST UK OPEN SOURCE SWITCH.
>
>The biggest ever switch by a UK local authority away from Microsoft
>software to 'StarOffice' desktop solutions based on open source
>software is set to take place at Bristol City Council, E-Government
>Bulletin has learned.
>
>Bristol is poised to move up to 5,000 of its staff desktop computers to
>the StarOffice 7 system early in the New Year, in a move aimed at
>saving an estimated 1.4 million pounds over five years. StarOffice
>(http://www.staroffice.com) has been developed by Sun Microsystems
>as a low-cost alternative to Microsoft Office, and its source code has
>been released to form the free software suite OpenOffice
>(http://www.openoffice.org).
>
>...
>[snip]
>
>
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