The Canberra Times
- Jan 20, 2010
BY MARKUS MANNHEIM Australian taxpayers paid more than half a billion dollars last financial year for public servants' software licences, even though free ..."
Kind of makes ya wonder how much our government is spending on Microsoft Office Suites in both the Federal offices, and at schools. As Open office can do basically anything Microsoft Office can do, for free, it concerns me that any tax payers should have to pay anywhere from $100 to $300+ for an Office Suite to be on a desk. This also brings up the costs of licenses for Microsoft Operating Systems. There are several free versions of Operating Systems that are safer and better that can be used to replace Microsoft OS in schools and government. How much is our government paying for these?
Kind of makes ya wonder how much our government is spending on Microsoft Office Suites in both the Federal offices, and at schools. As Open office can do basically anything Microsoft Office can do, for free, it concerns me that any tax payers should have to pay anywhere from $100 to $300+ for an Office Suite to be on a desk. This also brings up the costs of licenses for Microsoft Operating Systems. There are several free versions of Operating Systems that are safer and better that can be used to replace Microsoft OS in schools and government. How much is our government paying for these?
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