:ZDNet Australia: Australian Veterans Choose MS Office Over OpenOffice
ZDNet Australia: Australian Veterans Choose MS Office Over OpenOffice May 4, 2005, 10 :00 UTC (16 Talkback[s]) (5373 reads) (Other stories by Munir Kotadia)
"The Department of Veteran's Affairs (DVA) has chosen to upgrade its ageing Microsoft Office 97 software suite with Office 2003, shunning a tender that included OpenOffice from open source software specialist Single Point.
"The DVA enquired about a possible open source alternative to its Office 97 suite late last year, according to Will Sheridan, chief executive of Single Point, who said the DVA was having trouble reading letters and other documents authored in newer version of Office..."