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| DATE | 2006-03-31 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] We Are Not Alone: Bristol City Council
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On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 12:48, Inker, Evan wrote:
> We Are Not Alone: Bristol City Council Converts 5,500 desktops to StarOffice
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> Friday, March 31 2006 -at- 08:43 AM EST
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> Views: 716
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> The Massachusetts decision to implement OpenDocument Format (ODF) has
> attracted so much attention that little has been directed at other end users
> (governmental and otherwise) that have decided to adopt ODF. But there are
> other adopters, and I read of another one just now - the City of Bristol, in
> England, which will switch 5,500 desktops from Office to StarOffice. As a
> result of the decidion, the City expects to save 60% of the costs of using
> office productivity software over a five year period. The news of such a
> significant cost saving is particularly significant for three reasons:
> first, it involves a switch to a commercial product (StarOffice) that will
> require payment of licensing fees rather than conversion to one of the free
> open source implementations of ODF, such as OpenOffice. Second, the switch
> is based upon a full analysis of all costs of purchase, installation,
> re-training and support. And third, it involved a head-to-head contest
> between Sun and Microsoft, with MS pitching hard, but unsuccessfullyl, to
> avoid losing the customer.
>
Very nice. Its amazing what happens when you get something in their
hands.
Ruben
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