[tdf-discuss] The City Hall of Vieira do Minho adopts Free Software (LibreOffice)

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The City Hall of Vieira do Minho adopts Free Software (LibreOffice)

The City Hall of Vieira do Minho has definitively adopted the  
productivity software LibreOffice around its computing park. This  
productivity package includes Writer, word processing and editing of  
web pages, Calc (Spreadsheet), creating and editing spreadsheets,  
Impress, creating and editing multimedia presentations, Draw, creating  
and editing drawings, diagrams and graphs , Base (Database), creating  
and editing Databases and Math (Equation Editor).

With this change to a Free Software, besides the lack of a financial  
burden due to the inexistence of licensing (Free Software), this City  
Hall has adopted open standards in accordance with Law 36/2011 of 21  
June. It has also started the standardization and universality of  
digital formats in the files used by the City Hall and its residents.

This type of software enables the use of a variety of operating  
systems for use of various tools, it has been adopted internationally  
with very positive and encouraging results, it has the ability to  
import / export various proprietary formats (Word files, Excel,  
Powerpoint, Outlook, etc.) and establishes the native creation of PDF  
files. Other interesting feature of the software is to be fully in  
Portuguese and have writing tools also in Portuguese.

Regarding the management of employees ' electronic mail, the City Hall  
has adopted the Thunderbird program, also a Free Software.
With this measure, the City Hall of Vieira do Minho aims to  
demonstrate that the definitive adoption of free software in many  
areas of public administration is not only desirable but also  
essential for a more modern and financially sustainable Public Service.


Vieira do Minho March 8, 2012

Communication Office


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