__/ [ Oliver Wong ] on Friday 12 January 2007 23:30 \__
> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070112-8606.html
> <quote>
> The organizations studied made the move from Microsoft Office to
> OpenOffice.org as part of their transition to OSS, and the study looks at
> the overall productivity of workers before and after. Overall, the report
> found "no particular delays or lost [sic] of time in the daily work due to
> the use of OpenOffice.org." Researchers also surveyed workers, with 20
> percent reporting that they could be just as productive using the
> open-source office suite, 70 percent saying that they experienced some
> problems but could still be just as productive, with the remaining 10
> percent reporting that they were less productive with OpenOffice.org.
> </quote>
>
> - Oliver
Many thanks to Mark Taylor for that...
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/studies/publications.htm
Also see all the lobbying that was trying to deny the truth:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/20/code_wars/
Leaked letter warns of open source 'threat to eco-system'
http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=7109
Study: open source needs official support; Lobbyist disagrees with
"flawed" conclusions
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061017-8011.html
EU official joins consultancy serving Microsoft
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-10-03T134311Z_01_L03693228_RTRIDST_0_TECH-MICROSOFT-OFFICIAL.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna
http://tinyurl.com/h47g3
US ambassador to the EU was former Microsoft lobbyist
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34706
US politicians go to bat for Microsoft (in Europe)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/26/microsoft_eu_political_lobbying/
Open Source Foes In Bed With Abramoff
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/12/2036223&from=rss
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