> the Welsh public sector could consider
> OSS as a commercially viable alternative to proprietary software.
> 
> On that note, Gavin Beckett, Bristol city council's IT strategy manager,
> provided a brief overview of the migration of 5,500 users within the
> council from Microsoft Office to Sun Microsytems' StarOffice – a move
> which the council estimates will save 60% on software costs over the
> next five years." 

I object to the inclusion of this quote.  StarOffice is not libre/open
source software and thus can't be an "alternative to proprietary
software"; an OpenOffice.org mailing list should correct this
misconception, instead of propogating it.

Matthew Flaschen


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