In 2007, France will follow up the successful move of 80,000 Gendarmerie computers to OpenOffice.org with another 400,000 migrations:

“By 2007, over 400,000 computer workstations in the French central administration will be using the OpenOffice2 office suite. This massive migration towards an OpenDocument Format (ODF) is being supported by a wide range of training activities for administrative personnel… The move towards ODF by the French public administration echoes recent initiatives in Belgium and Denmark signalling the official adoption of ODF.”

And in French, a government website reports further details.

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