http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-47060/uk:major-cost-reduction-result-of-bristol-s-switch-to-staroffice-odf Posts in the discussion thread "UK: Major cost reduction result of Bristol's switch to StarOffice/ODF" - Bristol City Council's switch to StarOffice in 2005 has led to a major reduction of IT costs, says Gavin Beckett, the council's ICT Strategy manager. http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-47060#post-125615 http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-47060/uk:major-cost-reduction-result-of-bristol-s-switch-to-staroffice-odf#post-125615 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:29:08 +0000 ggiedke 32664 The city saves over 1.2 million GBP in licensing costs (a reduction by 80% compared to the MS solution!), which more than offsets the increased implementation costs (0.5 million), which are estimated to be twice as large as they might have been for MS Office.
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