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Mittwoch April 20, 2005

"OpenOffice ... thousands of desktops"
"The Maharashtra government of India is increasingly opts for open-source software over licenced ones provided by technology giants like Microsoft.

In the past few months, OpenOffice, a free downloadable package of commonly-used applications like spreadsheets, word processing and email, has become the official choice for thousands of desktops across the state, and is expected to save the exchequer about Rs 90 crore in licence fees."

The full article can be found here.
( Apr 20 2005, 03:36:00 PM CEST ) Permalink Kommentare [1]

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I wonder why Sun is not there with JDS linux or Free Solaris 10 with JDS 3. If the Maharashtra Govt can use Red Hat desktops, why not solaris/jds ? I think Sun needs to get into the act faster. The faster Sun closes the loop on such opportunities, the faster it will have shareholders enjoy returns

Gesendet von 24.6.254.229 am April 20, 2005 at 05:00 PM CEST #

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