User: jpmcc Date: 2009-04-09 23:01:50+0000 Modified: marketing/www/planet/atom.xml marketing/www/planet/index.html marketing/www/planet/opml.xml marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml
Log: Planet run at Fri Apr 10 00:00:13 BST 2009 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.1728&r2=1.1729 Delta lines: +39 -39 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2009-04-09 17:02:04+0000 1.1728 +++ atom.xml 2009-04-09 23:01:47+0000 1.1729 @@ -5,10 +5,36 @@ <link rel="self" href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml"/> <link href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/"/> <id>http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml</id> - <updated>2009-04-09T17:00:41+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-04-09T23:00:24+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">PC Magâs OpenOffice Tips</title> + <link href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1101"/> + <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1101</id> + <updated>2009-04-09T14:34:54+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p>It&#8217;s great to see the increase in ordinary articles about OpenOffice.org in mainstream computer (and other) magazines. Not just &#8220;here&#8217;s an open source alternative app&#8221; but instead, &#8220;how to do X in OpenOffice&#8221;&#8230;</p> +<p>Today&#8217;s entry in this category comes from <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/">PC Mag</a>, in <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2341228,00.asp"><em>OpenOffice.org: 7 Things You Didn&#8217;t Know You Could Do</em></a>.</p> +<p>They are not complex things, and you probably already knew they were possible, but for the target audience of this article, the tips it contains could be quite helpful.</p> +<p>The first tip is for editing multiple parts of a document in different windows at one time:</p> +<blockquote><p><span id="intellitxt">OpenOffice.org doesn&#8217;t let you split a window into two panes, but it offers an even better feature. Click the <em>Window </em>menu, then <em>New Window, </em> to open a new window that displays the same document you&#8217;re working on. You can open as many windows as you want, each at a different place in your document; any change you make in one window immediately appears in all others.</span></p></blockquote> +<p><span>(I don&#8217;t think I knew this one&#8230;)</span></p> +<p><span>Other tips include opening legacy document formats&#8211;in which OOo is a true champion&#8211;modifying the default saved file format, playing an easter egg game, and automating various actions with macros.<br /> +</span></p></content> + <author> + <name>Benjamin Horst</name> + <uri>http://www.solidoffice.com</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org</title> + <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org</subtitle> + <link rel="self" href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/> + <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id> + <updated>2009-04-09T23:00:23+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry xml:lang="en"> <title type="html">OpenOffice.org 3.1 with 100 Languages</title> <link href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1095"/> <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1095</id> @@ -25,7 +51,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/> <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id> - 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<updated>2009-04-08T23:00:34+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-04-09T23:00:23+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -422,7 +448,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-04-09T17:00:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-04-09T23:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -468,7 +494,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/> <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id> - <updated>2009-04-08T23:00:34+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-04-09T23:00:23+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -509,7 +535,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-04-09T17:00:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-04-09T23:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -530,7 +556,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-04-09T17:00:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-04-09T23:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -557,33 +583,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/> <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id> - <updated>2009-04-08T23:00:34+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">Franceâs Gendarmerie Saves Millions with Open Source</title> - <link href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1064"/> - <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1064</id> - <updated>2009-03-19T14:25:43+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p>Several years ago, the French Gendarmerie police force began its migration to open source for the 90,000 desktop computers used by its 105,000 police officers. In a recent followup (<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/fr-gendarmerie-saves-millions-with-open-desktop-and-web-applications"><em>Gendarmerie Saves Millions With Open Desktop and Web Applications</em></a>), <a href="http://www.osor.eu/">OSOR.eu</a> finds the Gendarmerie continues to succeed with its open source strategy:</p> -<blockquote><p><span id="parent-fieldname-description">The French Gendarmerie&#8217;s gradual migration to a complete open source desktop and web applications has saved millions of euro, says Lieutenant-Colonel Xavier Guimard. &#8220;This year the IT budget will be reduced by 70 percent. This will not affect our IT systems.&#8221; </span></p></blockquote> -<p><span>The migration still continues now, as new systems are bought to replace older machines. In this way, change is managed as a gradual process, while the general rule against buying new software licenses (using legacy licenses until they are replaced with open source) means that money is being saved immediately.</span></p> -<blockquote><p>&#8220;If one of us wants a new PC, it comes with Ubuntu. This encourages our users to migrate.&#8221; Guimard estimates Gendarmerie since 2004 has saved 50 million euro on licences for standard office applications, hardware and maintenance.</p> -<p>The decision in 2004 to move to open source, was raised by one of the Gendarmerie&#8217;s accountants. &#8220;Microsoft was forcing us to buy new software licences. This annoyed our accountant, who tried OpenOffice.&#8221; According to Guimard the proprietary software maker then started lobbying the Gendarmerie, which is how the general manager found out about the experiments. &#8220;When he saw OpenOffice worked just as well and was available for free, it was he that decided it should be installed on all 90,000 desktops.&#8221;</p></blockquote> -<p>After sampling open source with OpenOffice, Firefox and Thunderbird, the Gendarmerie took another step and migrated to Linux as well.</p> -<blockquote><p>In 2007 the Gendarmerie decided to replace even the desktop operating system. Guimard: &#8220;Moving from Microsoft XP to Vista would not have brought us many advantages and Microsoft said it would require training of users. Moving from XP to Ubuntu, however, proved very easy. The two biggest differences are the icons and the games. Games are not our priority.&#8221;</p></blockquote> -<blockquote></blockquote></content> - <author> - <name>Benjamin Horst</name> - <uri>http://www.solidoffice.com</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org</title> - <subtitle type="html">Home of The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org</subtitle> - <link rel="self" href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed"/> - <id>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/category/openofficeorg/feed</id> - <updated>2009-04-08T23:00:34+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-04-09T23:00:23+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.1735&r2=1.1736 Delta lines: +23 -23 --------------------- --- index.html 2009-04-09 17:02:05+0000 1.1735 +++ index.html 2009-04-09 23:01:47+0000 1.1736 @@ -36,8 +36,30 @@ <a href="rss20.xml"><img src="rss2.gif" alt="Link to RSS 2 feed" /></a> </div> -<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: April 09, 2009 05:00 PM GMT</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: April 09, 2009 11:00 PM GMT</em></p> +<h2>April 09, 2009</h2> +<h3> +<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com"; title="SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org"> +Benjamin Horst</a> : +<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1101";> +PC Magâs OpenOffice Tips</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p>It’s great to see the increase in ordinary articles about OpenOffice.org in mainstream computer (and other) magazines. Not just “here’s an open source alternative app” but instead, “how to do X in OpenOffice”…</p> +<p>Today’s entry in this category comes from <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/";>PC Mag</a>, in <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2341228,00.asp";><em>OpenOffice.org: 7 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do</em></a>.</p> +<p>They are not complex things, and you probably already knew they were possible, but for the target audience of this article, the tips it contains could be quite helpful.</p> +<p>The first tip is for editing multiple parts of a document in different windows at one time:</p> +<blockquote><p><span id="intellitxt">OpenOffice.org doesn’t let you split a window into two panes, but it offers an even better feature. Click the <em>Window </em>menu, then <em>New Window, </em> to open a new window that displays the same document you’re working on. You can open as many windows as you want, each at a different place in your document; any change you make in one window immediately appears in all others.</span></p></blockquote> +<p><span>(I don’t think I knew this one…)</span></p> +<p><span>Other tips include opening legacy document formats–in which OOo is a true champion–modifying the default saved file format, playing an easter egg game, and automating various actions with macros.<br /> +</span></p></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1101";>by Benjamin Horst at April 09, 2009 02:34 PM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>April 07, 2009</h2> <h3> <a href="http://www.solidoffice.com"; title="SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org"> @@ -512,28 +534,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h2>March 19, 2009</h2> -<h3> -<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com"; title="SolidOffice » OpenOffice.org"> -Benjamin Horst</a> : -<a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1064";> -Franceâs Gendarmerie Saves Millions with Open Source</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p>Several years ago, the French Gendarmerie police force began its migration to open source for the 90,000 desktop computers used by its 105,000 police officers. In a recent followup (<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/fr-gendarmerie-saves-millions-with-open-desktop-and-web-applications";><em>Gendarmerie Saves Millions With Open Desktop and Web Applications</em></a>), <a href="http://www.osor.eu/";>OSOR.eu</a> finds the Gendarmerie continues to succeed with its open source strategy:</p> -<blockquote><p><span id="parent-fieldname-description">The French Gendarmerie’s gradual migration to a complete open source desktop and web applications has saved millions of euro, says Lieutenant-Colonel Xavier Guimard. “This year the IT budget will be reduced by 70 percent. This will not affect our IT systems.” </span></p></blockquote> -<p><span>The migration still continues now, as new systems are bought to replace older machines. In this way, change is managed as a gradual process, while the general rule against buying new software licenses (using legacy licenses until they are replaced with open source) means that money is being saved immediately.</span></p> -<blockquote><p>“If one of us wants a new PC, it comes with Ubuntu. This encourages our users to migrate.” Guimard estimates Gendarmerie since 2004 has saved 50 million euro on licences for standard office applications, hardware and maintenance.</p> -<p>The decision in 2004 to move to open source, was raised by one of the Gendarmerie’s accountants. “Microsoft was forcing us to buy new software licences. This annoyed our accountant, who tried OpenOffice.” According to Guimard the proprietary software maker then started lobbying the Gendarmerie, which is how the general manager found out about the experiments. “When he saw OpenOffice worked just as well and was available for free, it was he that decided it should be installed on all 90,000 desktops.”</p></blockquote> -<p>After sampling open source with OpenOffice, Firefox and Thunderbird, the Gendarmerie took another step and migrated to Linux as well.</p> -<blockquote><p>In 2007 the Gendarmerie decided to replace even the desktop operating system. Guimard: “Moving from Microsoft XP to Vista would not have brought us many advantages and Microsoft said it would require training of users. Moving from XP to Ubuntu, however, proved very easy. The two biggest differences are the icons and the games. Games are not our priority.”</p></blockquote> -<blockquote></blockquote></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1064";>by Benjamin Horst at March 19, 2009 02:25 PM GMT</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> <a id="disclaimer" name="disclaimer"></a> <p><em>Disclaimer: all views expressed on this page are those of the individual contributors, and may not reflect the views of the File [changed]: opml.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/opml.xml?r1=1.1728&r2=1.1729 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2009-04-09 17:02:05+0000 1.1728 +++ opml.xml 2009-04-09 23:01:47+0000 1.1729 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:00:41 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:00:24 +0000</dateModified> <ownerName>Marketing Project</ownerName> <ownerEmail>[email protected]</ownerEmail> </head> File [changed]: rss10.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml?r1=1.700&r2=1.701 Delta lines: +14 -14 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2009-04-08 23:02:03+0000 1.700 +++ rss10.xml 2009-04-09 23:01:47+0000 1.701 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1101"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1095"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1092"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887643299605448632.post-7553447856939198682" /> @@ -32,11 +33,23 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/826003ee1fb59905" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/4e61190899322eef" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1066"; /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1064"; /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1101";> + <title>Benjamin Horst: PC Magâs OpenOffice Tips</title> + <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1101</link> + <content:encoded><p>It&#8217;s great to see the increase in ordinary articles about OpenOffice.org in mainstream computer (and other) magazines. Not just &#8220;here&#8217;s an open source alternative app&#8221; but instead, &#8220;how to do X in OpenOffice&#8221;&#8230;</p> +<p>Today&#8217;s entry in this category comes from <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/">PC Mag</a>, in <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2341228,00.asp"><em>OpenOffice.org: 7 Things You Didn&#8217;t Know You Could Do</em></a>.</p> +<p>They are not complex things, and you probably already knew they were possible, but for the target audience of this article, the tips it contains could be quite helpful.</p> +<p>The first tip is for editing multiple parts of a document in different windows at one time:</p> +<blockquote><p><span id="intellitxt">OpenOffice.org doesn&#8217;t let you split a window into two panes, but it offers an even better feature. Click the <em>Window </em>menu, then <em>New Window, </em> to open a new window that displays the same document you&#8217;re working on. You can open as many windows as you want, each at a different place in your document; any change you make in one window immediately appears in all others.</span></p></blockquote> +<p><span>(I don&#8217;t think I knew this one&#8230;)</span></p> +<p><span>Other tips include opening legacy document formats&#8211;in which OOo is a true champion&#8211;modifying the default saved file format, playing an easter egg game, and automating various actions with macros.<br /> +</span></p></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2009-04-09T14:34:54+00:00</dc:date> +</item> <item rdf:about="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1095";> <title>Benjamin Horst: OpenOffice.org 3.1 with 100 Languages</title> <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1095</link> @@ -353,18 +366,5 @@ <blockquote><p>From Birmingham to Brussels, local and regional governments are switching to OpenOffice in a bid to confront the hegemony of Microsoft. &#8220;The idea of using open source software not originated by an American multinational corporation seems to go down particularly well in the French public service,&#8221; says John McCreesh, marketing project lead of OpenOffice.org.</p></blockquote></content:encoded> <dc:date>2009-03-20T14:12:36+00:00</dc:date> </item> -<item rdf:about="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1064";> - <title>Benjamin Horst: Franceâs Gendarmerie Saves Millions with Open Source</title> - <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1064</link> - <content:encoded><p>Several years ago, the French Gendarmerie police force began its migration to open source for the 90,000 desktop computers used by its 105,000 police officers. In a recent followup (<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/fr-gendarmerie-saves-millions-with-open-desktop-and-web-applications"><em>Gendarmerie Saves Millions With Open Desktop and Web Applications</em></a>), <a href="http://www.osor.eu/">OSOR.eu</a> finds the Gendarmerie continues to succeed with its open source strategy:</p> -<blockquote><p><span id="parent-fieldname-description">The French Gendarmerie&#8217;s gradual migration to a complete open source desktop and web applications has saved millions of euro, says Lieutenant-Colonel Xavier Guimard. &#8220;This year the IT budget will be reduced by 70 percent. This will not affect our IT systems.&#8221; </span></p></blockquote> -<p><span>The migration still continues now, as new systems are bought to replace older machines. In this way, change is managed as a gradual process, while the general rule against buying new software licenses (using legacy licenses until they are replaced with open source) means that money is being saved immediately.</span></p> -<blockquote><p>&#8220;If one of us wants a new PC, it comes with Ubuntu. This encourages our users to migrate.&#8221; Guimard estimates Gendarmerie since 2004 has saved 50 million euro on licences for standard office applications, hardware and maintenance.</p> -<p>The decision in 2004 to move to open source, was raised by one of the Gendarmerie&#8217;s accountants. &#8220;Microsoft was forcing us to buy new software licences. 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Games are not our priority.&#8221;</p></blockquote> -<blockquote></blockquote></content:encoded> - <dc:date>2009-03-19T14:25:43+00:00</dc:date> -</item> </rdf:RDF> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.700&r2=1.701 Delta lines: +14 -14 --------------------- --- rss20.xml 2009-04-08 23:02:03+0000 1.700 +++ rss20.xml 2009-04-09 23:01:47+0000 1.701 @@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ <description>Marketing Planet - http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/</description> <item> + <title>Benjamin Horst: PC Magâs OpenOffice Tips</title> + <guid>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1101</guid> + <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1101</link> + <description><p>It&#8217;s great to see the increase in ordinary articles about OpenOffice.org in mainstream computer (and other) magazines. Not just &#8220;here&#8217;s an open source alternative app&#8221; but instead, &#8220;how to do X in OpenOffice&#8221;&#8230;</p> +<p>Today&#8217;s entry in this category comes from <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/">PC Mag</a>, in <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2341228,00.asp"><em>OpenOffice.org: 7 Things You Didn&#8217;t Know You Could Do</em></a>.</p> +<p>They are not complex things, and you probably already knew they were possible, but for the target audience of this article, the tips it contains could be quite helpful.</p> +<p>The first tip is for editing multiple parts of a document in different windows at one time:</p> +<blockquote><p><span id="intellitxt">OpenOffice.org doesn&#8217;t let you split a window into two panes, but it offers an even better feature. Click the <em>Window </em>menu, then <em>New Window, </em> to open a new window that displays the same document you&#8217;re working on. You can open as many windows as you want, each at a different place in your document; any change you make in one window immediately appears in all others.</span></p></blockquote> +<p><span>(I don&#8217;t think I knew this one&#8230;)</span></p> +<p><span>Other tips include opening legacy document formats&#8211;in which OOo is a true champion&#8211;modifying the default saved file format, playing an easter egg game, and automating various actions with macros.<br /> +</span></p></description> + <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:34:54 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>Benjamin Horst: OpenOffice.org 3.1 with 100 Languages</title> <guid>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1095</guid> <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1095</link> @@ -337,20 +351,6 @@ <blockquote><p>From Birmingham to Brussels, local and regional governments are switching to OpenOffice in a bid to confront the hegemony of Microsoft. &#8220;The idea of using open source software not originated by an American multinational corporation seems to go down particularly well in the French public service,&#8221; says John McCreesh, marketing project lead of OpenOffice.org.</p></blockquote></description> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:12:36 +0000</pubDate> </item> -<item> - <title>Benjamin Horst: Franceâs Gendarmerie Saves Millions with Open Source</title> - <guid>http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1064</guid> - <link>http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1064</link> - <description><p>Several years ago, the French Gendarmerie police force began its migration to open source for the 90,000 desktop computers used by its 105,000 police officers. In a recent followup (<a href="http://www.osor.eu/news/fr-gendarmerie-saves-millions-with-open-desktop-and-web-applications"><em>Gendarmerie Saves Millions With Open Desktop and Web Applications</em></a>), <a href="http://www.osor.eu/">OSOR.eu</a> finds the Gendarmerie continues to succeed with its open source strategy:</p> -<blockquote><p><span id="parent-fieldname-description">The French Gendarmerie&#8217;s gradual migration to a complete open source desktop and web applications has saved millions of euro, says Lieutenant-Colonel Xavier Guimard. &#8220;This year the IT budget will be reduced by 70 percent. This will not affect our IT systems.&#8221; </span></p></blockquote> -<p><span>The migration still continues now, as new systems are bought to replace older machines. In this way, change is managed as a gradual process, while the general rule against buying new software licenses (using legacy licenses until they are replaced with open source) means that money is being saved immediately.</span></p> -<blockquote><p>&#8220;If one of us wants a new PC, it comes with Ubuntu. This encourages our users to migrate.&#8221; Guimard estimates Gendarmerie since 2004 has saved 50 million euro on licences for standard office applications, hardware and maintenance.</p> -<p>The decision in 2004 to move to open source, was raised by one of the Gendarmerie&#8217;s accountants. &#8220;Microsoft was forcing us to buy new software licences. This annoyed our accountant, who tried OpenOffice.&#8221; According to Guimard the proprietary software maker then started lobbying the Gendarmerie, which is how the general manager found out about the experiments. &#8220;When he saw OpenOffice worked just as well and was available for free, it was he that decided it should be installed on all 90,000 desktops.&#8221;</p></blockquote> -<p>After sampling open source with OpenOffice, Firefox and Thunderbird, the Gendarmerie took another step and migrated to Linux as well.</p> -<blockquote><p>In 2007 the Gendarmerie decided to replace even the desktop operating system. Guimard: &#8220;Moving from Microsoft XP to Vista would not have brought us many advantages and Microsoft said it would require training of users. Moving from XP to Ubuntu, however, proved very easy. The two biggest differences are the icons and the games. Games are not our priority.&#8221;</p></blockquote> -<blockquote></blockquote></description> - <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:25:43 +0000</pubDate> -</item> </channel> </rss> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
