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<DIV>City of Austin pilot proves OpenOffice.org works </DIV>
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href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/12/17/1440223">http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/12/17/1440223</A><BR><BR>
The City of Austin recently completed a group of pilot studies on
the<BR> use of open source software in its day-to-day
business. According to a<BR> message posted this morning on
the Austin LUG mailing list by Scott<BR> Brown, the results
are in, and as a result, as many as 80% of the<BR> city's
desktops may be migrating from Microsoft Office to<BR>
OpenOffice.org. Editor: An update based on conversation with
Pete<BR> Collins, CIO of the City of Austin, appears at the
end of the story. </DIV></BODY></HTML>