Sadly, I think forum users need to realise that this has got nothing to do
with open government, free sdoftware, GNU/Linux etc ... aqnd also that
the headline on the Register article is misleading.
Francis Maude is a leading Tory MP whos remit at the Cabinet Office is to
made so-called
Debian can be fully free, as long as you don't enable the non-free
repositories.
If using 4.2 already, just install libreoffice-style-sifr (from
https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ppa ) and configure LibO to use
it: Tools - Options - LibreOffice - View - User interface, icons...
I bet that PPA is FaiF; I wouldn't expect TDF to be naughty.
THE NSA will still be able to infiltrate if they use windows, and changing
the GNU/linux would be quite a big thing, quite expensive
GNU/linux would be quite a big thing, quite expensive
Yeah, almost as expensive in the short run as not changing and infinitely
cheaper in the long run.
Hopefully some of that money could go towards updating the ugly and outdated
interface of LO. I'm not saying to copy MS Office, but at least make it more
appealing to look at.
Not really, unless they decided to buy German support. I'm sure one can find
British LibreOffice support if so inclined, much more so if you say here's
£100,000 for implementing this or that feature. That's one of the major
perks of free software.
It's really the fallout of a (IIRC) 2012 consultation on what sort of
standards the UK Government should use. FSFE sent a mailing asking people to
write in. The conclusion was open standards first.
The UK, like the rest of the EU, has a large part of its private/real economy
made up of
Hey, as long as they save in ODF and PDF in the ISO standardized PDF/A or
PDF/X, then I don't care if they use Microsoft Office or not.
If they went with LibreOffice, wouldn't the money be going towards a German
non-profit? Either way, the money isn't supporting a British company.
I live in London, UK. I have read this before, it seems great.
A few quotes that I like
lock-in to propriety vendors
Get their work done without having to buy a particular propriety brand.
The next step will be for them to use GNU/Linux. They would probabaly use one
with lots of propriatory
Big news all around: http://ur1.ca/gj4hk
(I used a shortened URL because this forum hates underscores)
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