On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 09:30:10 AM -0700, Sheila Bliesath ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I am wondering if you have a letter that would hit the high points > of why governments should switch in a one page document. Sheila, the high point of why governments should switch to OpenOffice is simply the fact that is the fastest and most cost effective way to switch as soon as possible to the OpenDocument file format standard, that is to free the public documents and knowledge which belongs to all citizens from the proprietary MS Office formats which are the only reason why MS still manages to maintain its de-facto monopoly. In this context, you may be interested in reading and distributing these articles, which explain in (mostly) non technical terms why OpenDocument (and software supporting it) is essential for all governments and their citizens: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8616 http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9594#mpart7 http://old.opendocumentfellowship.org/Articles/HomePage?action=download&upname=homemarco20051110_LEM_Pisa.pdf http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8727 http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/free_issues/issue_01/focus_format_history/ Going a bit more in depth, you'll find plenty of material and success stories on "why governments should switch" at http://opendocumentfellowship.com/government http://opendocumentfellowship.com/government/precedent Hope this helps. Let us know how it goes. Best Regards, Marco Fioretti -- Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how software is used *around* you: http://digifreedom.net/node/84 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
