Danish Board of Technology:
Public administration can save billions using Open Source software
The Danish Board of Technology released a report about the economic
potential in using Open Source software in the public administration
which showed a potential at 3.7 billions Danish Kroners (500 million
EUR) over four years.
The main suggestion in the report is using an open exchange format for
text document within the public administration so the competition can be
enhanced and lowering the price.
In Hanstholm municipality they had a pilot project since April which
showed that the don't have more problems using OpenOffice.org and
StarOffice instead of Microsoft Office as their office suite and each
user only needs one to one and half our of training to learn the new
office suite. The municipality will now use OpenOffice.org and
StarOffice on all workplaces (200 in all) and saves 300.000 Danish
Kroners (ca. 40.000 EUR) each year in license fees.
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http://ooo.chbs.dk/english/2002-10-20.php
http://www.open-source.gr/