2010-12-13

Quebec's public sector eyes free software

Quebec's public sector eyes free software

"Quebec's public sector will favour free computer software, like the Linux operating system and the OpenOffice suite of applications, over commercial software, like Microsoft Corp.'s Windows and Office applications."

One would hope--if not actually expect--that the relevant ministers would contact us at OpenOffice.org... or that when I was in Montreal recently, they'd made an effort to reach out. Certainly, I tried reaching out to them.

And I still do. So, if there are public sector representatives reading this (if anyone reads this), let's work together on migrating Québec to OpenOffice.org!

FileApp Pro for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store

FileApp Pro for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store

The app comes in both free and paid versions, the latter supposedly worth the 4.99 USD. It reads "OpenOffice" documents, which is to say, some OpenDocument Format (ODF) documents.....

I have not checked it out much but would be interested to learn more.


OpenOffice Document Reader free download for Android

OpenOffice Document Reader free download for Android

This is quite cool.

Haven't tried it but would be interested in learning of others' experience with it.