2012/3/10 <mcande...@cm-vminho.pt> > PRESS RELEASE > > The City Hall of Vieira do Minho adopts Free Software (LibreOffice) > > The City Hall of Vieira do Minho has definitively adopted the productivity > software LibreOffice around its computing park. This productivity package > includes Writer, word processing and editing of web pages, Calc > (Spreadsheet), creating and editing spreadsheets, Impress, creating and > editing multimedia presentations, Draw, creating and editing drawings, > diagrams and graphs , Base (Database), creating and editing Databases and > Math (Equation Editor). > > With this change to a Free Software, besides the lack of a financial > burden due to the inexistence of licensing (Free Software), this City Hall > has adopted open standards in accordance with Law 36/2011 of 21 June. It > has also started the standardization and universality of digital formats in > the files used by the City Hall and its residents. > > This type of software enables the use of a variety of operating systems > for use of various tools, it has been adopted internationally with very > positive and encouraging results, it has the ability to import / export > various proprietary formats (Word files, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, etc.) > and establishes the native creation of PDF files. Other interesting feature > of the software is to be fully in Portuguese and have writing tools also in > Portuguese. > > Regarding the management of employees ' electronic mail, the City Hall has > adopted the Thunderbird program, also a Free Software. > With this measure, the City Hall of Vieira do Minho aims to demonstrate > that the definitive adoption of free software in many areas of public > administration is not only desirable but also essential for a more modern > and financially sustainable Public Service. > > > Vieira do Minho March 8, 2012 > > Communication Office
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