Hello,
As we've been involved in the Open/LibreOffice cases in Finland, I was thinking I could suggest to give a talk at the LibreOffice Conference 2012 in Berlin (http://conference.libreoffice.org/). What do you think?
I could go there as a FSFE representative and talk about LibreOffice in public administration in Finland.
What do you like the proposal texts below?
Bio: Otto Kekäläinen has 15 years of experience using, developing and promoting Linux based systems. During the last two years as the FSFE Finnish team coordinator he has been involved in increasing FOSS usage in the public administration in Finland.
Talk: In 2010 and 2011 there where city council initiatives in the three biggest cities of Finland which demanded that the local administration should start using LibreOffice and other FOSS extensively. In 2010 a doctoral thesis about the OpenOffice migration in the Ministry of Justice showed that a migration is feasible and economically a very good investment. Still progress has been very slow. In this presentation Otto Kekäläinen explains forces are pushing and pulling LibreOffice adaptation in Finland, what is keeping it back and what will be done to overcome the obstacles, and what other countries can learn about the experiences in Finland.
hi Otto,
* Otto Kekäläinen otto@fsfe.org [2012-07-31 19:22:34 +0300]:
As we've been involved in the Open/LibreOffice cases in Finland, I was thinking I could suggest to give a talk at the LibreOffice Conference 2012 in Berlin (http://conference.libreoffice.org/). What do you think?
I could go there as a FSFE representative and talk about LibreOffice in public administration in Finland.
That sounds very good.
What do you like the proposal texts below?
Bio: Otto Kekäläinen has 15 years of experience using, developing and promoting Linux based systems. During the last two years as the FSFE Finnish team coordinator he has been involved in increasing FOSS usage in the public administration in Finland.
Otto Kekäläinen has 15 years of experience using, developing and promoting GNU/Linux based systems. During the last two years as the FSFE Finnish team coordinator, he has been involved in increasing Free Software (Open Source) usage in the public administration in Finland. During his work he checked XY public procurements, if they are unfair towards LibreOffice and other Free Software.
Title: Dirty tactics howto NOT use LibreOffice in public administration
Talk:
"Migrating to OpenOffice would cost over 21 million euros", says Helsinki. FSFE filed a Freedom of Information request, asking the city how it had arrived at this surprisingly high cost estimates. But the city's administration insists that its calculations are based on a secret formula provided by a consultancy, and therefor they will not tell us.
In this presentation Otto Kekäläinen explains the current status of LibreOffice adaptation in Finland, what is keeping it back, what will be done to overcome the obstacles, and what other countries can learn about the experiences in Finland.
I hope it still helps.
Cheers, Matthias
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 07:22:34PM +0300, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
Hello,
As we've been involved in the Open/LibreOffice cases in Finland, I was thinking I could suggest to give a talk at the LibreOffice Conference 2012 in Berlin (http://conference.libreoffice.org/). What do you think?
I could go there as a FSFE representative and talk about LibreOffice in public administration in Finland.
I think that would be wonderful.
What do you like the proposal texts below?
Bio: Otto Kekäläinen has 15 years of experience using, developing and promoting Linux
I recommend making that GNU/Linux, in order to stick with FSFE parlance.
based systems. During the last two years as the FSFE Finnish team coordinator he has been involved in increasing FOSS usage in the public administration in Finland.
Talk: In 2010 and 2011 there where city council initiatives in the three biggest cities of Finland which demanded that the local administration should start using LibreOffice and other FOSS extensively. In 2010 a doctoral thesis about the OpenOffice migration in the Ministry of Justice showed that a migration is feasible and economically a very good investment. Still progress has been very slow. In this presentation Otto Kekäläinen explains forces are pushing and pulling LibreOffice adaptation
s/adaptation/adoption
in Finland, what is keeping it back and what will be done to overcome the obstacles, and what other countries can learn about the experiences in Finland.
Good substance, but you could probably make it a bit snappier, if you feel comfortable. Perhaps like this:
What is holding Free Software office suites back? Both research and pilot projects indicate that OpenOffice and LibreOffice come out ahead of their proprietary competitors. But in practice, Finland's government and local authorities seem to find it hard to make the switch. Which forces are driving LibreOffice use in Finland's public sector, and what is holding back adoption? Otto Kekäläinen, FSFE's Finland coordinator, will analyse the situation and highlight what LibreOffice backers and governments in other countries can learn from Finland's experience.
Best regards, Karsten