[Klug-general] Linux and Open Standards in Public Government Organisations

Andrew Spode Miller spode at thinkbikes.com
Thu Sep 3 10:36:18 UTC 2009


IT's good to see our taxes being put to good use.

Oh, wait...

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On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 11:33 AM, nicolas diogo <nicolasdiogo at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

> Hi folks,
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> i have joined a local government institution recently and i am impressed
> (if that is the right word) with the lack of open-source standards used.
> what i means is that everyone uses MS word 2007, and there is no interest
> in using alternatives such as openoffice.
> likeways, there are many database servers running MSSQL but none with
> postgresql or mysql.
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> so i wonder if there are other folks reading this list that some experience
> with public government organisations.
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> thanks,
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> Nicolas
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