Reply to post: Which part of free is not-free?

Oh dear, Microsoft: UK.gov signs deal with LibreOffice

Stuart 22

Which part of free is not-free?

"The government has signed a deal for open source Libre Office to be made available across the public sector"

A deal implies money. It would be interesting to know what the government is paying for and how much. I know it isn't a cost free exercise but it would be good for everybody to understand what the savings would be.

On a secondary note it will be a wonderful day when government (local & national) documents arrive in an open rather proprietorial format.

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