In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Mark Kent
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wrote
on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:58:45 +0100
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> The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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>> wrote
>> on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:05:18 +0100
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>>> Dutch municipality Groningen migrates to OpenOffice
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | The Dutch municipality of Groningen (180.000 inhabitants) recently
>>> | announced to migrate to OpenOffice.org. The municipality expects to save
>>> | 330 thousand Euros, of which 160 thousand will be used for the
>>> | migration. Groningen isn't ready to switch to Linux yet, but it is
>>> | currently busy to make the applications it uses OS-independent.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> (Original in Dutch, I couldn't quickly a translation service that handles a
>>> Dutch->English route)
>>>
>>> http://tweakers.net/nieuws/43575/Gemeente-Groningen-stapt-over-op-OpenOffice.html
>>
>> Feed this to http://babelfish.altavista.com/ and hope for the best. :-)
>> Unfortunately, I got an error 157 on the webpage proper.
>>
>> Interestingly, the advert is pushing SQLServer 2005 -- that much is
>> obvious, even though it's in Dutch. It's also suggesting Xerox
>> as a reference.
>>
>> And Babelfish did handle "De wereld draait op informatie"; it coughed up
>> "The world twists on information". (I suspect "moves" would be an
>> alternate, better formulation.)
>>
>
> I'd probably prefer "The world runs on information"
>
Yeah, but "twists" works so well in other contexts. :-)
After all, look what the Wintrolls are trying to do now
as it twists and turns to avoid the multitude of Linux
wins lately. :-)
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