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Henry Bremridge wrote: > Was planning on sending a Freedom of Information Act request to Devon County > Council (and maybe the local council) > > Asking "In the light of the general desire to reduce 'waste' in government, and > ensure that as much assistance is provided to the needy as possible: could you > please advise > > - When was the last time a review was done in switching from Microsoft Office to > OpenSource equivalents (please see Birmingham City Council and Bristol City > Councils eg at http://www.opensourceacademy.gov.uk) > > - If the review has NOT been done in the last 5 years and no budget is available, > could you please advise why not given > - Microsoft Office costs a great deal of money to purchase > - The documents produced are not in ISO standard > - The underlying operating system requires significant hardware > > - If a review is being planned, then could you please advise when an interim > report will be published on your website " > > Any comments? > > > -- > Henry > Fri Oct 12 12:36:35 BST 2007 > > go for it James -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html