[TriLUG] Background for N&O on moving from MS office to Staroffice

Jon Carnes jonc at nc.rr.com
Wed Oct 29 11:02:32 EST 2003


I got this from another list.  It's interesting in light of the N&O
looking to do a similar story...
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The story broke May 13, but apparently didn't get much coverage.

University of Wisconsin, Madison:

    elected to not participate in the UW-System site license renewal for
    Microsoft products. That license expired on July 31, 2003 for
    UW-Madison. UW-Madison departments own licenses for the versions
    current as of July 31, 2003 for the Microsoft desktop products
    included in the original contract. They can continue to use those
    licenses indefinitely on department-owned machines.

Replacement for MS Office is Sun's StarOffice, under Sun's free
educational license.

More information:

   http://wiscweb5.wisc.edu/wisc/UW_Madison/ms_contract_issues/home.html
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