[LUG] Bristol ready to put open source on 3,500 desktops

[Kiggundu Mukasa]

http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=138630&liFlavourID=1&sp=1 Bristol City Council is to deploy the open source Staroffice productivity suite across 3,500 desktops following a six-month prep- aration programme. �"For the past six months we have been in a detailed preparation phase, testing the product in the council's various IT environments and educating end-users," said Gavin Beckett the council's principal ICT strategy officer. Although the council will use Novell Zenworks to deploy the free Staroffice software to PCs in the next few weeks, it will not activate the package in all departments until the user education has been completed, he said. The roll-out will take a year to complete. "People have been concerned that we are getting rid of Windows, which is not true. When we go into offices and show them the product, we see them relaxing," Beckett said.......... **************** � � � � � � � � � ***************************** Kiggundu Mukasa� � � � � � � � # Computer Network Consultancy### KYM-NET LTD. � � � � � � � � � # Intranets & Internet Solutions# Plot 80 Kanjokya Street P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda� � � � � � � Tel: � � +256 77 972255 �� � � � +256 71 221141 Fax: � � +256 31 262122 *****************************************************************

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