-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Is there any version of this documents in english ? :-) We, in the
Portuguese Ministry of Justice, are looking into this question, as we're
defining the standard document format.

//VD

On 12/05/2006 03:55 PM, Marko Gronroos wrote:
> (I hope this is the most suitable list for these news.)
> 
> Ministry of Justice of Finland has made the decision to adopt the Open Source
> OpenOffice.org suite as its office software from beginning of 2007. Ministry
> of Justice and its branch of administration will also adopt OpenDocument
> Format standard as the file format for its documents.
> 
> All 10000 Windows workstations of the ministry and its branch of
> administration will be fitted with OpenOffice.org suite and readiness for
> OpenDocument by end of 2006. OpenOffice.org replaces currently used Lotus
> SmartSuite software so that OpenOffice.org will cover about 85% of total use,
> while Microsoft Office will cover about 15%.
> 
> The Ministry of Justice published a report in early 2005, which recommended
> transition to OpenOffice. After the report, the ministry started a pilot phase
> with over 150 users, ending in September 2006. Results of the pilot were that
> the functionality of OpenOffice was sufficient for the administrative branch
> of Ministry of Justice and that the compatibility with Microsoft Office was
> high.
> 
> Piloting used OpenOffice.org version 2, which uses OpenDocument standard as
> its default file format. OpenDocument was accepted as international ISO
> standard (ISO 26300) in May 2006.
> 
> The reports of the Ministry of Justice are publicly available, as are an
> installation manual and a user's guide. The publications are available (in
> Finnish) from:
> 
>   http://www.om.fi/30801.htm
> 
>   
> http://www.om.fi/Etusivu/Julkaisut/Julkaisusarjat/Toimintajahallinto/Toiminnanjahallinnonarkisto/Toimintajahallinto2006/1160733641585
> 
>   
> http://www.om.fi/Etusivu/Julkaisut/Julkaisusarjat/Toimintajahallinto/Toiminnanjahallinnonarkisto/Toimintajahallinto2006/1157538492255
> 
>   
> http://www.om.fi/Etusivu/Julkaisut/Julkaisusarjat/Oikeusministerionjulkaisuja/Julkaisujenarkisto/Oikeusministerionjulkaisuj%20%20%20%20a2006/1161942336573
> 
> Some older official information regarding the migration project is available
> in English:
> 
>   http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/4105/469
>   http://hiisi.fi/blog/post/2005/03/22/ministry-of-justice-prefers-xml/
> 
> For more information in Finnish, see the Finnish Native-Lang project page:
> 
>   http://fi.openoffice.org/julkiset.html#uutinen_20061205
> 
> Marko Grönroos
> Marketing contact
> Finnish OpenOffice.org project
> http://fi.openoffice.org/
> 
> -- Marko Grönroos, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (http://www.iki.fi/magi/)
> -- Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (http://stonesoft.com/)
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

- --
Vitor Domingos
Paradigma.pt
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQFFdb8uzLeQsaqPtNIRAicAAJ9ZpTyzAy5w521Tw1dBZmVJE85dTQCghi1x
iw7E4Go4Vy1onSlIUXsuFUU=
=/ODp
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to