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

2012/3/10 <mcandeias@cm-vminho.pt>

> PRESS RELEASE
>
> 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


Encouraging !...

Henri

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