OpenOffice gets a nod from Singapore Ministry of Defense
October 22nd, 2004 Leave a comment Visited 46 times, 1 so far today
OpenOffice gets a nod from Singapore Ministry of Defense
Running Linux instead of Windows is a drastic step considering the learning curve that Linux can be for longtime windows user. But Office applications are another matter. Most people do not use the extensive functionality Microsoft Office products provide. Most of the users just use the basic functionality rarely venturing into the advanced stuff. So moving to another alternative is not as problematic as moving to an entirely different operating system.
And Singapore Defense Ministry agrees. They have decided to move onto OpenOffice suite instead of buying upgrade licenses of Microsoft Office, an old version of which they already own. A good move considering not much changed in the latest version for a casual user in the latest 2003 release of the office suite.
What is impressive in this news is the number of PCs that gets affected with this news. The ministry owns around 20,000 PCs and the decision is the one of the biggest ever by a government organization to endorse Open Source software. They are also thinking of moving to Linux though nothing is planned at the moment! Bravo Open Source Movement… Users finally have some creditable alternatives.
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October 22nd, 2004 at 2:49 pm
Singapore MoD moves to Open Office!
According to techwhack, Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has decided to move onto using OpenOffice instead of buying upgrade licenses of the evil microsoft office….
November 22nd, 2004 at 11:30 pm
this ministry of defense initiative was assisted by a local Linux company called Resolvo Systems Pte Ltd. http://www.resolvo.com
Apparently they also have successfully migrated all the EOL WINDOWS NT Servers for Singapore National Library Board to their own software called SolvIX.