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City Of Austin Migrating To OpenOffice.org

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!"

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  1. It's a miracle! by BCW2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Someone in Texass that has brains?

    OO is a great product and getting more use everywhere. If M$ goes to xml format in the next release most file migration problems will be gone.
    The Home Collection, a funiture manufacturer in High Point, NC (funiture capital of the world) is now using it on all computers except one. The office help is working on that one.
    A working suite with minimal bugs and no M$ tax it should be a no brainer.

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  2. Re:That makes sense... by blogboy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Soon to be outsourced to China and India, however...

    IBM escalates outsourcing to India and China

  3. Re:Anyone know of OO has run into DMCA troubles? by dcollins · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This post has been modded -1 for having a pro-Bush, anti-terror perspective.

    Or rather:

    This post has been modded -1 for having a contradiction.

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  4. Re:why, why, WHY by MrPink2U · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Merry Christmas!

  5. Re:Ways to make the transition smoother. by JerkBoB · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... irregardless of the benefits of said change.

    There is no such word. The word you're looking for is regardless.

    Sorry, pet peeve. Apparently I'm not alone.

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