Finland’s Ministry of Justice Chooses OpenOffice
Hot off the OpenOffice.org marketing mailing list, I’ve received three links talking about Finland’s Ministry of Justice and its choice to adopt OpenOffice.org:
- http://www.itviikko.fi/page.php?page_id=15&news_id=200622704
- http://www.tietoviikko.fi/doc.ot?f_id=1078774
- http://www.tietokone.fi/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=29011&tyyppi=1
Hopefully some English translations will come up soon, my Finnish is rusty. (At least I can understand the numerals used, and it appears that 8,500 computers will move to OOo on Windows, while 1,500 will remain on MS Office.)
85% OpenOffice to 15% Microsoft Office; that sounds like a desirable distribution of global marketshare in the future. (Though I’d like to see some third-party successes too, like Abiword, KOffice, Corel and TextMaker…)