The entire State of Pahang [Malaysia] moves to OpenOffice.org
Its just been made official that the State of Pahang [Malaysia] is migrating all its productivity suites to OpenOffice.org. This succint memo from the State Secretary of Pahang entitled "Perlaksanaan Penggunaan Perisian OpenOffice.Org Di Semua Agensi dan Pentadbiran Negeri" (translated: "Implementing the use of OpenOffice.org suite in all State Agencies and Administrative centres") outlines the reasons for migrating, the benefits and how to proceed.
Here's my rather rough translation from Bahasa Malaysia to English. Apologies in advance (corrections are welcomed):
Distributed to:
All State Head of Departments
All District Officers
All Head of Units
Secretariat Office for the government of Pahang
Implementing the use of OpenOffice.org office in all state agencies and administration
1. Purpose
1.1 The purpose of this memo is to ensure the usage of OpenOffice.org for office automation in the administrative offices of the State of Pahang.
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