[News] Company Chooses OpenOffice.org

Should your firm be FLOSSing?

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| The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) had no problem going against the grain
| when it decided to forgo the widely used Microsoft Office suite of business
| applications. Instead, it chose to replace its aging WordPerfect
| installations with OpenOffice.org - for free.
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[url]http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070913.TWFLOSS13/TPStory/Business[/url]


Yesterday:

Vietnam Switches to OpenOffice.org

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| More than 20,000 computers from Party offices nationwide will switch to using
| OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office from early 2008.
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[url]http://saigontimes.com.vn/daily/BRIEFs.asp?loai=1&Sobao=3022&Ten=briefly%20today[/url]

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> espoused:[color=blue]
> Should your firm be FLOSSing?
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) had no problem going against the grain
>| when it decided to forgo the widely used Microsoft Office suite of business
>| applications. Instead, it chose to replace its aging WordPerfect
>| installations with OpenOffice.org - for free.
> `----
>
> [url]http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070913.TWFLOSS13/TPStory/Business[/url]
>[/color]

Excellent - it'll keep happening, as people realise that there is
positively no reason to lock yourself into Microsoft. I suspect that
Microsoft's attempts to corrupt the ISO organisation in order to force
OOXML through as some kind of Microsoft-only standard were just too
late. About 5 years too late, in fact.
[color=blue]
>
> Yesterday:
>
> Vietnam Switches to OpenOffice.org
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| More than 20,000 computers from Party offices nationwide will switch to using
>| OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office from early 2008.
> `----
>
> [url]http://saigontimes.com.vn/daily/BRIEFs.asp?loai=1&Sobao=3022&Ten=briefly%20today[/url][/color]

.... bing* another one.

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____/ Mark Kent on Friday 14 September 2007 13:11 : \____
[color=blue]
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> espoused:[color=green]
>> Should your firm be FLOSSing?
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) had no problem going against the grain
>>| when it decided to forgo the widely used Microsoft Office suite of business
>>| applications. Instead, it chose to replace its aging WordPerfect
>>| installations with OpenOffice.org - for free.
>> `----
>>
>>[/color][/color]
[url]http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070913.TWFLOSS13/TPStory/Business[/url][color=blue][color=green]
>>[/color]
>
> Excellent - it'll keep happening, as people realise that there is
> positively no reason to lock yourself into Microsoft. I suspect that
> Microsoft's attempts to corrupt the ISO organisation in order to force
> OOXML through as some kind of Microsoft-only standard were just too
> late. About 5 years too late, in fact.[/color]

It's not over, The ISO seems to be corrupted as well, based on some recent
irregularities. It's not over. I still find some fraud at the top, but I
sometimes just post it to BN.com, not COLA. it's disgraceful. What else can
one say?
[color=blue][color=green]
>> Yesterday:
>>
>> Vietnam Switches to OpenOffice.org
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| More than 20,000 computers from Party offices nationwide will switch to
>>| using OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office from early 2008.
>> `----
>>
>>[/color][/color]
[url]http://saigontimes.com.vn/daily/BRIEFs.asp?loai=1&Sobao=3022&Ten=briefly%20today[/url][color=blue]
>
> ... bing* another one.[/color]

Yes, they are dropping like flies (the Microsoft licences, that is).

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