[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Kerala Legislative Assembly has moved to Free Software and Libreoffice

2014-07-22 Thread Urmas
Jim Seymour: How do you get embezzlement of funds out of a story about a government body switching to open standards? By buying new computers from the suppliers giving the best kickbacks and dumping the astronomic sums of money into 'open source implementation' subcontractors, ending up

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Kerala Legislative Assembly has moved to Free Software and Libreoffice

2014-07-22 Thread Jim Seymour
On Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:44:39 +0700 Urmas davian...@gmail.com wrote: Jim Seymour: How do you get embezzlement of funds out of a story about a government body switching to open standards? By buying new computers from the suppliers giving the best kickbacks and dumping the astronomic sums

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Kerala Legislative Assembly has moved to Free Software and Libreoffice

2014-07-22 Thread Urmas
Jim Seymour: Nobody ever does that with commercial software, Vendors of commercial software control their partners. If there was nothing fishy we would have detailed reports, case studies and, which is more important, a comparison of costs of the chosen solution and competitors ones. Here?

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Kerala Legislative Assembly has moved to Free Software and Libreoffice

2014-07-21 Thread Urmas
Charles-H. Schulz: The migration process is implimented with the support of Zyxware Technologies[2] Another story of embezzling of funds veiled as 'free software migration.' But officially it was enthusiasts working 12/24 for food. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Kerala Legislative Assembly has moved to Free Software and Libreoffice

2014-07-21 Thread Jim Seymour
On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 22:07:56 +0700 Urmas davian...@gmail.com wrote: Charles-H. Schulz: The migration process is implimented with the support of Zyxware Technologies[2] Another story of embezzling of funds veiled as 'free software migration.' How do you get embezzlement of funds out

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Kerala Legislative Assembly has moved to Free Software and Libreoffice

2014-07-21 Thread Paul
Pay no attention to Urmas, he's a known troll / MS shill, he's always coming out with antagonistic, and usually easily seen through, statements. On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 12:27:55 -0400 Jim Seymour jseym...@linxnet.com wrote: On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 22:07:56 +0700 Urmas davian...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Kerala Legislative Assembly has moved to Free Software and Libreoffice

2014-07-21 Thread Jim Seymour
On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:16:24 +0200 Paul paulste...@afrihost.co.za wrote: Pay no attention to Urmas, he's a known troll / MS shill, he's always coming out with antagonistic, and usually easily seen through, statements. [snip] Been here since February. I know what Urmas is :) Regards, Jim --

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Kerala Legislative Assembly has moved to Free Software and Libreoffice

2014-07-21 Thread Paul
:) My bad, I meant to reply to Anivar's email, I assumed he didn't know what an Urmas was Paul On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:47:23 -0400 Jim Seymour jseym...@linxnet.com wrote: On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:16:24 +0200 Paul paulste...@afrihost.co.za wrote: Pay no attention to Urmas, he's a known

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Kerala Legislative Assembly has moved to Free Software and Libreoffice

2014-07-17 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Dear Nivar, Thanks a lot, great news; do you happen to have a pointer about these news in English? Best, Charles. Le 17.07.2014 10:28, Anivar Aravind a écrit : The Kerala Legislative Assembly[1] (Kerala state , India) as of July 17, 2014 produces all its documentation, both printed and

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Kerala Legislative Assembly has moved to Free Software and Libreoffice

2014-07-17 Thread Anivar Aravind
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Charles-H. Schulz charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Dear Nivar, Hi I am anivar Thanks a lot, great news; do you happen to have a pointer about these news in English? English Press is not carried the news yet. Hope some of them will carry it

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Kerala Legislative Assembly has moved to Free Software and Libreoffice

2014-07-17 Thread Rajesh Ranjan
On Thursday, July 17, 2014 1:58 PM, Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.com wrote: T he Kerala Legislative Assembly[1] (Kerala state , India) as of July 17, 2014 produces all its documentation, both printed and digital, on a Free Software platform using Libreoffice .  Hon. Speaker

[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Kerala Legislative Assembly has moved to Free Software and Libreoffice

2014-07-17 Thread Anivar Aravind
Some news links in English from today's coverage http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Software-Migration-ICFOSS-Hails-State-Govt/2014/07/18/article2335680.ece http://freepressjournal.in/kerala-assembly-migrates-to-free-software-platform/