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Regrettable. Open/Free Ed Sources. Join. D-Lab | Development through Dialogue, Design and Dissemination. Open Knowledge Foundation Community Stories: About. UK government plans switch from Microsoft Office to open source | Technology. Ministers are looking at saving tens of millions of pounds a year by abandoning expensive software produced by firms such as Microsoft. Some £200m has been spent by the public sector on the computer giant's Office suite alone since 2010. But the Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude believes a significant proportion of that outlay could be cut by switching to software which can produce open-source files in the "open document format" (ODF), such as OpenOffice and Google Docs.

Document formats are set to be standardised across Whitehall to help break the "oligopoly" of IT suppliers, and improve communications between civil servants. The proposal is part of the coalition's drive to make its procurement more effective and efficient. Speaking at a cross-government event showcasing new online services on Wednesday, Maude will say: "The software we use in government is still supplied by just a few large companies. Www-users.cs.umn.edu/~kumar/dmbook/dmslides/chap1_intro.pdf.

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