OpenOffice.org Project Update (Linux Journal) [LWN.net]

The Linux Journal looks at the state of the OpenOffice project. "There are installations in place or in planning stages in the German Bundestag, the Maltese Prime Minister's office, to name just two. The governments of Italy, England, Canada, China, Peru, Chile, Costa Rica and many other countries have taken a view that these platforms can help them manage and control both smaller, more efficient IT budgets and establish for the first time a path to universal access to public documents."

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OpenOffice.org Project Update (Linux Journal)

Posted Nov 11, 2002 9:20 UTC (Mon) by beejaybee (guest, #1581) [Link] (1 responses)

England (unlike Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland) has no government. I guess you mean "United Kingdom".

OpenOffice.org Project Update (Linux Journal)

Posted Nov 11, 2002 12:05 UTC (Mon) by ctg (guest, #3459) [Link]

Hmmm. But it also wouldn't be strictly correct to say that the "UK Government has decided that"... because particular government directives only apply to specific countries in the UK (or generally, a department can only direct England and Wales to do something, Scotland and Northern Ireland are handled in a different way...) So you could say that the "UK Government has decided that England and Wales" will have a look at OpenOffice.

OpenOffice.org Project Update (Linux Journal)

Posted Nov 11, 2002 19:07 UTC (Mon) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054) [Link]

This demonstrates why I no longer subscribe to Linux Journal -- they're too concerned about adoption of Linux, especially in business. The article purports to be about the status of the project, but spends a full third of its space talking about business and government adoption, before finally getting into the status of the project.