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Samstag Mai 14, 2005

OpenOffice.org meets the President
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( Mai 14 2005, 07:01:43 AM CEST ) Permalink

"Microsoft slams UK open-source study"
"An eagerly-awaited report into the use of open source software in the UK education sector was published on Friday, and contained evidence that schools could significantly cut their IT spending by moving to non-proprietary software.
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Despite this, OpenForum Europe--which supports the use of open source software in business--has hailed Becta's report. "This report underlines the massive opportunity that exists for all schools to get the best value for money from their IT budgets," said Mike Banahan, director of OpenForum Europe. "The advent of Open Source Software solutions in education opens up the whole UK education market for the first time in a decade to competitive choice, removing the inevitability of lock-in.""

The full article can be found here.
( Mai 14 2005, 06:13:26 AM CEST ) Permalink

"NetBSD Announces Sun Hardware Donation"
Sun mentioned on Slashdot.
( Mai 14 2005, 06:10:37 AM CEST ) Permalink

Open Note Taking
This is an interesting idea by Stephen O'Grady:
"I'd love to see the Open Office folks a.) push out a OneNote style of application, and b.) a corresponding open standard. Even better, maybe Microsoft could submit the OneNote format to a standards body, as I'd sure like to have all my old notes made portable ;)"
( Mai 14 2005, 06:02:52 AM CEST ) Permalink