UK government plans switch to open source from Microsoft office suite(theguardian.com)

15 pointsby codeulike13 anni fa2 comments

UK government plans switch to open source from Microsoft office suite

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/29/uk-government-plans-switch-to-open-source-from-microsoft-office-suite

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This right here is why Steve Ballmer left a family vacation to attempt to interrupt the Munich linux switch [1]. Free Software is steadily destroying every market Microsoft attempts to dominate (including home entertainment [2]).

It's as if Microsoft's worst fears from the Halloween Documents are coming true. Will Azure be able to make up for all the lost revenue of the Windows/Office/Home Entertainment divisions?

1 http://news.cnet.com/2100-1016-1010740.html

2. http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/

oever13 anni fa

They could save quite some money and gain security by switching to a mix of WebODF, and OpenOffice/LibreOffice.