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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])
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