FLOSS success stories and case studies
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Some interesting studies and success stories about Open Source, OpenOffice.org, Linux, etc.
Worth reading.
www.eweek.com
Office 2003 vs. OpenOffice.Org Office Suites: How We Tested Open Source a Better Fit in Small Shops
www.newsforge.com
Linux in action: A public library's success story
Quoting:
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Over the past year, the Howard County (Md.) Public Library has migrated more than 200 public PCs from Windows 98 and Windows NT to Linux. These PCs are used both to surf the Internet and to access the library's catalogues.
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They added the Gnome desktop environment, the Mozilla browser, and OpenOffice.org to complete the picture.
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The results
Everyone appears to be happy with the results: patrons, IT staff, and management. The patrons get a machine they can surf almost anywhere with. The only sites they can't reach are those that require Internet Explorer. And while they can't play Shockwave games, Flash- and Java-enabled Web sites display just fine. PDFs can be viewed, and OpenOffice.org allows MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents to be displayed as well.
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Worth reading.
www.eweek.com
www.newsforge.com
Linux in action: A public library's success story
Quoting:
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Over the past year, the Howard County (Md.) Public Library has migrated more than 200 public PCs from Windows 98 and Windows NT to Linux. These PCs are used both to surf the Internet and to access the library's catalogues.
[...]
They added the Gnome desktop environment, the Mozilla browser, and OpenOffice.org to complete the picture.
[...]
The results
Everyone appears to be happy with the results: patrons, IT staff, and management. The patrons get a machine they can surf almost anywhere with. The only sites they can't reach are those that require Internet Explorer. And while they can't play Shockwave games, Flash- and Java-enabled Web sites display just fine. PDFs can be viewed, and OpenOffice.org allows MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents to be displayed as well.
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