{"id":2091,"date":"2013-06-21T11:33:28","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T11:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/?p=2091"},"modified":"2013-06-21T15:21:16","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T15:21:16","slug":"italys-south-tyrol-region-migrating-7000-pcs-to-libreoffice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/?p=2091","title":{"rendered":"Italy&#8217;s South Tyrol region migrating 7,000 PCs to LibreOffice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2013\/06\/Suedtirol.png\" alt=\"S\u00fcdtirol coat of arms\" width=\"124\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2093\" \/>With the migration from MS Office to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libreoffice.org\/\">LibreOffice<\/a>, public sector organisations in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.provincia.bz.it\/\">Italy&#8217;s mostly German-speaking South Tyrol<\/a> region are making their first major steps towards using freien software. Over the coming 3 years, will convert 7,000 PC workstations and thus save some &euro;600,000 in licensing fees.<\/p>\n<p>Free software gained entry to Italian public sector organisations just under 20 years ago, but has so far only gained a niche presence. This has now come to an end as all public sector organisations in the South Tyrol shall in future be using the LibreOffice instead of Microsoft&#8217;s proprietary paid-for office suite. Over the next 3 years the regional government alone will be converting 7,000 computer workstations to the free software package, in addition to which several thousand more workstations in municipalities and the health sector will also be migrated.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1060\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2013\/01\/libre_mimeiconsbanner.png\" alt=\"image of LibreOffice Mime type icons\" width=\"440\" height=\"64\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2013\/01\/libre_mimeiconsbanner.png 440w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2013\/01\/libre_mimeiconsbanner-300x43.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LibreOffice for all your office suite needs: word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, database, drawing and formulas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;With the introduction of free software for standard applications, this of course means saving for us, but not just that by a long way: free software also makes us more flexible and flexibility is of major importance in a quickly changing field such as IT&#8221;, says Alderman Roberto Bizzo, the member of the regional assembly with responsibility for IT, on the philosophy associated with the change to free software.<\/p>\n<p>Bizzo, Kurt P\u00f6hl, head of the regional government&#8217;s IT department, free software expert Patrick Ohnewein of TIS and trade unionist Erwin Pfeifer gave a presentation yesterday the public sector&#8217;s new software strategy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2094\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2094\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2013\/06\/sudtirol.jpg\" alt=\"Goodbye MS: announcing the migration to LibreOffice\" width=\"600\" height=\"345\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2013\/06\/sudtirol.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2013\/06\/sudtirol-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goodbye MS Office: announcing the migration to LibreOffice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A working group was established in February in which TIS&#8217; experts &#8211; in concert with the regional government, municipalities and the health sector &#8211; sounded out how free software could be used in all public sector organisations. The result of the consultations is the gradual introduction of free software, starting with LibreOffice. The <acronym title=\"Open Document Format\">ODF<\/acronym> format has also been defined as the standard public sector document exchange format.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.provinz.bz.it\/lpa\/285.asp?redas=yes&amp;aktuelles_action=4&amp;aktuelles_article_id=428953\">original press release in German<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.provincia.bz.it\/usp\/285.asp?aktuelles_action=4&amp;aktuelles_article_id=428958\">Italian<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the migration from MS Office to LibreOffice, public sector organisations in Italy&#8217;s mostly German-speaking South Tyrol region are making their first major steps towards using freien software. Over the coming 3 years, will convert 7,000 PC workstations and thus save some &euro;600,000 in licensing fees. 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