------- Quick and free translation of Sumuvuori's blog posting:
Title: Council initiative (dated 13.6.2012) by Johanna Sumuvuori and 50 other council members signing the initiative: Open source is a method to reduce the it infrastructure costs and dependency on a single provider
- to maintain the open source office suite on the city desktops
- according to the city's report, the city is significantly dependent on a single software providers which results in high costs for switching the provider
- the it department must act to reduce the dependency: currently the provider has too much influence on license costs and file formats, resulting in economical and functional risks
- the undersigned council members require that the city it department must, as a practical action, maintain the provider independent open source office suite - OpenOffice (since 2011 LibreOffice) - as an option alongside the current office suite and that it will be maintained and updated regularly to the newest LibreOffice.
- the proposed action is relatively cost-effective in relation to its benefit to the city in the coming - million level - license negotiations with the current software provider. ---------
Br, Martin
-----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Otto Kekäläinen [mailto:otto@fsfe.org] Lähetetty: 13. kesäkuuta 2012 18:32 Vastaanottaja: Karsten Gerloff Kopio: Gijs Hillenius; finland@fsfe.org Aihe: Re: [Finland] Meeting with Sumuvuori 13.6.
Hello!
(note copy to Gijs!)
2012/6/13 Karsten Gerloff gerloff@fsfeurope.org:
Unfortunately I'm really busy with work projects etc and I really don't have time to do everything I should to push things forward. These tasks hard to delegate though. Maybe somebody else could at least do the PR if I quickly send the main points in a short email?
I'll do it. Anyone who'd like to help?
It happened!
Initiative made, support by 50 council members from all parties!
https://twitter.com/sumuvuori/status/212924269590622208 http://www.sumuvuori.net/node/178
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