After trying hands on MS Office and then switching to Google apps, the UK Government has now decided to opt for the open source “GovOffice” Office suite, a dissection of LibreOffice which is supported and sold by Collabora Productivity.
The deal was made such as to complement the existing solutions as it is to be used by over 2,000 users which is quite a large figure. Noticeably, the transition was not a tough job as the Google Docs support the Open Document Format (ODF) as well as the Microsoft Proprietary as a take on the Open standards.
This LibreOffice deal was pretty impressive for the UK Government as there is a lot being offered beyond the formal LibreOffice standards. There are many additions to the former release as it is now:
- Compatible with both Microsoft Office and Google Docs
- Options for customization and L3 support are available for a better experience
- 5 year extended LTS support
- Inculcates all security and maintenance updates
- Incremental Windows Installer .MSP patches
- Windows Group Policy Object Management
- Major new release on an annual basis
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