Councils 'could save at least £51m' with shift to ODF and open source

If just half of councils moved half of their employees from Microsoft Office formats to ODF the cost of running desktops could come down dramatically - it would save £51m. If all of the councils moved all of their employees off Office, the savings would be £200m

via www.guardian.co.uk

The UK is looking to purge inefficient expenses from government ledgers, and that puts software with attached license fees under close scrutiny when FOSS apps can do the same job...