North South Wales schools prefer OpenOffice http://www.odfworks.com/forum/t-53061/north-south-wales-schools-prefer-openoffice Posts in the discussion thread "North South Wales schools prefer OpenOffice" - The educational sector in NSW is going to switch to OO.org. 41,000 PCs will get migrated. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:36:04 +0000 http://www.odfworks.com/forum/t-53061#post-206855 Re: North South Wales schools prefer OpenOffice http://www.odfworks.com/forum/t-53061/north-south-wales-schools-prefer-openoffice#post-206855 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:12:07 +0000 Anonymous if you're talking about australia, its new south wales, not north south wales.

fucking foreigners.

]]> http://www.odfworks.com/forum/t-53061#post-143660 North South Wales schools prefer OpenOffice/XP http://www.odfworks.com/forum/t-53061/north-south-wales-schools-prefer-openoffice#post-143660 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:32:21 +0000 arebenti 36024 The NSW Department of Education did not renegotiate a new three years contract with Microsoft. Instead it extended its licensing agreement with Redmond for just one year. Additionally Stephen Wilson announced they would switch to OpenOffice on 41,000 school computers.

Often these OpenOffice switch threads are just used to get better procurement conditions from Microsoft. Then the news demonstrates the value of choice between applications and the benefits of overcoming lock-in effects for the larger market, even when finally the company dissuade the public sector to switch to OpenOffice.

Computerworld NZ: NSW education downgrades Microsoft deal

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