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City Of Austin Migrating To OpenOffice.org

Posted by timothy on from the how-'bout-oo.o-in-the-smf dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NewsForge.com has a story up this morning about the City of Austin and the results of their pilot program on OpenOffice.org. The bottom line is this: they have found that more than 80% of the city's 5K desktops can use OO.o instead of MS Office. Let the migrations begin!"

6 of 456 comments (clear)

  1. They are switching to something cheaper? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you *sure* this is a local government agency?

  2. Re:80%? by danheskett · · Score: 5, Funny

    If only there was some type of document, or article, that laid out the facts of the case.. it'd make things so clear and straightforward. I mean, gosh, wouldn't be nice if a person interviewed the relevant people and put the results in some type of hyperlinked document attached to this story?

  3. The FOLLOWUP question is... by johnthorensen · · Score: 5, Funny

    How many of these desktops could subsequently be switched to Linux?

    In my experience, most city employees really only need a good Solitare implementation to accomplish their day-to-day work. Given the number of quality Solitare packages for Linux, it would probably be no issue to get everyone moved over. :)

    Seriously though...for many, the hassle of setting up MS Office under WINE is a major stumbling block to moving to a Linux desktop. With the removal of MS Office from the equation, I would think that Austin may want to give Ximian Desktop or something of the sort a closer look.

    -JT

    1. Re:The FOLLOWUP question is... by Hard_Code · · Score: 4, Funny

      On Linux solitaire is replaced by many configuration utilities that essentially serve the same purpose :p

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  4. Re:Don't bother RTFA, this arcitle is FUD, here's by STrinity · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know the meaning of FUD, right? Just because something is wrong OR unverified, doesn't make it FUD.

    Well obviously it's anti-Microsoft FUD, trying to convince people that not every business computer runs Office. Silly, I know, but there are probably some managers out there feeling uncertainty and doubt about the hegemony of Microsoft, and wondering why they don't switch.

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  5. Texas or Minnesota? by handy_vandal · · Score: 3, Funny

    The subject line ought to read:

    "City Of Austin (Texas) Migrating To OpenOffice.org."

    Otherwise there may be confusion with Austin, Minnesota ... home of Hormel Foods, maker of Spam.

    -kgj

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