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RecQuery
30-Apr-12, 12:06
UK Open Standards Consultation: Time to act (http://fsfe.org/projects/os/uk-standards-consultation.en.html) (http://fsfe.org/projects/os/uk-standards-consultation.en.html)

And after all the noise they made about this also. I expect them to backpeddle on tendering to small and medium businesses any day also. Seems there's some dodgy angles to this story actually. Redmond man unmasked: UK.gov open standards stalled (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/27/microsoft_open_standards_government/).

EDIT: This seems sort of relevant also. Munich Mayor Says Switch to Linux Saved Money, Reduced Complaints (http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/252921/munich_mayor_says_switch_to_linux_saved_money_redu ced_complaints.html).

ducati
30-Apr-12, 14:45
I don't blame 'em, I use open office and it is clack!

RecQuery
30-Apr-12, 15:01
I don't blame 'em, I use open office and it is clack!

Completely unrelated side issue, this is about open formats, not individual software packages, but that's because it's not LibreOffice (http://www.libreoffice.org/), the project the companies that used to back Open Office formed when Oracle took over Sun.