> 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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