Hi, congratulations to the Norwegian team!!!
Cheers, Charles. John McCreesh a écrit : > Congratulations - EUR 3,600 / USD 4,600 - that should be a great party! > > Thanks for sharing this good news with us - John > > n Fri, October 27, 2006 14:28, Lars D. Noodén wrote: > >> Below is a fast and sloppy translation of the article. >> The original is here: http://www.digi.no/php/art.php?id=355064 >> -Lars >> >> OpenOffice.org translators receive prize >> >> by Eirik Rossen >> >> This years prize for advancement of Free Software went to the translators >> of OpenOffice.org >> >> The annual prize for the advancement of Free Software was handed out >> yesterday. Of the 25 nominated candidates, the Foundation for Free >> Norwegian Office Software won. >> >> The prize is given on the initiative of the Norwegian Unix User Group >> (NUUG) and the Oslo Polytechnic and amounts to 30 000 NOK. >> >> The goal is to increase awareness of free software and open standards, and >> is awarded to individuals or groups in Norway who distinguish themselves >> with their contribution. Yesterday's tribute was the fifth time the prize >> has been given out. >> >> The Foundation for Free Norwegian Office Software received the prize for >> its work with the organization and coordination of the translation of the >> Free productivity suite, OpenOffice.org to both main dialects of >> Norwegian. The foundation also works to influence key stakeholders to >> adopt financial, business and archival systems using OpenOffice.org >> >> The jury opines that access to software in ones native language is >> important to guarantee that everyone can benefit from the tools needed in >> today's IT-Norway. In the introduction it continues: >> >> "The Foundation for Free Norwegian Office Software has contributed to the >> guarantee that writing tools that are needed at many work places now exist >> in both Bokmål and Nynorsk, and thus helped the continuation of the >> Norwegian language. It has also increased general knowledge of open >> standards by enabling usage of an open data format, and contributed to >> greater choice by providing Linux-users access to a complete productivity >> suite." >> >> "The prize winners have in a distinguished manner put deed before talk in >> regards to open standards and Free software. Instead of forcing all to >> use software from a single vendor, they have given everyone the freedom to >> choose software in Norwegian. Through the translation of this freely >> available productivity suite, everyone gets full support for open data >> formats. The OpenDocument format is ratified by the International >> Standards Organization (ISO). Norwegian users have gained an productivity >> suite which can be freely downloaded both for commercial and personal use, >> on a range of platforms such as Windows, Linux and Macintosh." >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Lars Noodén ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> OpenOffice.org: Now ISO 26300 Standards Compliant ! >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
