Congratulations - EUR 3,600 / USD 4,600 - that should be a great party! Thanks for sharing this good news with us - John
n Fri, October 27, 2006 14:28, Lars D. Noodén wrote: > Below is a fast and sloppy translation of the article. > The original is here: http://www.digi.no/php/art.php?id=355064 > -Lars > > OpenOffice.org translators receive prize > > by Eirik Rossen > > This years prize for advancement of Free Software went to the translators > of OpenOffice.org > > The annual prize for the advancement of Free Software was handed out > yesterday. Of the 25 nominated candidates, the Foundation for Free > Norwegian Office Software won. > > The prize is given on the initiative of the Norwegian Unix User Group > (NUUG) and the Oslo Polytechnic and amounts to 30 000 NOK. > > The goal is to increase awareness of free software and open standards, and > is awarded to individuals or groups in Norway who distinguish themselves > with their contribution. Yesterday's tribute was the fifth time the prize > has been given out. > > The Foundation for Free Norwegian Office Software received the prize for > its work with the organization and coordination of the translation of the > Free productivity suite, OpenOffice.org to both main dialects of > Norwegian. The foundation also works to influence key stakeholders to > adopt financial, business and archival systems using OpenOffice.org > > The jury opines that access to software in ones native language is > important to guarantee that everyone can benefit from the tools needed in > today's IT-Norway. In the introduction it continues: > > "The Foundation for Free Norwegian Office Software has contributed to the > guarantee that writing tools that are needed at many work places now exist > in both Bokmål and Nynorsk, and thus helped the continuation of the > Norwegian language. It has also increased general knowledge of open > standards by enabling usage of an open data format, and contributed to > greater choice by providing Linux-users access to a complete productivity > suite." > > "The prize winners have in a distinguished manner put deed before talk in > regards to open standards and Free software. Instead of forcing all to > use software from a single vendor, they have given everyone the freedom to > choose software in Norwegian. Through the translation of this freely > available productivity suite, everyone gets full support for open data > formats. The OpenDocument format is ratified by the International > Standards Organization (ISO). Norwegian users have gained an productivity > suite which can be freely downloaded both for commercial and personal use, > on a range of platforms such as Windows, Linux and Macintosh." > > > > > > > Lars Noodén ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > OpenOffice.org: Now ISO 26300 Standards Compliant ! > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
