[ Thanks to David for this link.
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“The RSPCA has started to deploy open source software on some of
its desktops, saying the move will help to reduce software
licensing costs and extend the organisation’s hardware life
cycle.“The charity hopes eventually to switch many desktops to Linux.
But implementation will be piecemeal while it resolves issues such
as training and, more importantly, porting several legacy
Windows-based bespoke applications.“It has begun to use Linux versions of OpenOffice and MySQL on
some desktops…”