ramon de la paz wrote:
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>then legislate that only free software
>solutions can be used by gubment coz hey its not like we are wallowing in money
>righrt!?!?!?!
>
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Dr. Nemenzo, the UP President, recently issued a memorandum on free
software, which I reproduce verbatim below. Apologies for the bandwidth.
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Quezon City
President
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
15 May 2001
MEMORANDUM NO. FN-01-38
TO: CHANCELLORS, FACULTY AND STAFF
SUBJECT: FREE SOFTWARE
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I would like to invite everyone to try the STAR OFFICE 5.2 as an
alternative to Microsoft Office.
StarOffice has all the applications and features of MS Office but,
most important, for free. There is no danger of being sued for violation of
intellectual property rights.
Aside from creating and saving documents in its own format, StarOffice
can open and save documents in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. In short, it is
interoperable with Microsoft Office 97/2000. Just like the latter, StarOffice
combines wordprocessing, spreadsheet, graphic design, presentation, HTML
editing, e-mail, news reading, scheduling, and database functions in a single
software. It also runs on all major operating systems like Windows and Linux.
I enjoin offices whose licenses are up for renewal soon and those who
are buying for the first time to try StarOffice first. UP recently signed an
agreement with Sun Microsystems Philippines, Inc. and Net Curricula, Inc.
which entitles us to receive 500 StarOffice CDs. I already have 50 pieces in
the office which I will distribute to you. It may also be downloaded for free
at: http://www.sun.com/products/staroffice/get.html.
Why for free? StarOffice is a key component in an emerging new
computing model that Sun Microsystems is promoting. In other words, it is a
strategy that the company has adopted to accelerate the acceptance of this
model. You may visit their website at http://www.sun.com/staroffice for more
information. Our use of StarOffice will be free for an unlimited time.
Let us help the University save on those costly license fees. You may
wish to send me feedback later.
<signed>
Francisco Nemenzo
President
Cito
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