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Malaysian Government begins migration to OpenOffice.org
The Malaysian Administrative Modernization and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) has announced that the agency will be migrating to OpenOffice.org office suite as well as adopt the OpenDocument Format (ODF). In addition, Microsoft Office is to be phased out by end of 2008.
Putrajaya, 19th March 2008 - The Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU), today officially adopts a policy to migrate to the OpenOffice.org open source productivity suite. This is in line with the Malaysian Public Sector Open Source Master Plan, which calls for government agencies to reduce costs, increase freedom of choice and interoperability.
From April 1st, MAMPU will start adopting the OpenDocument Format (ODF), standard for all new documents created. ODF the ISO open standard for electronic documents is also the default format for OpenOffice.org. The agency will also uninstall all copies of Microsoft Office by the end of 2008.
To ensure a smooth migration, presently over 80 agency staff have been trained by the Open Source Competency Centre (OSCC). Additional staff will then be trained internally by the IT department, which will also provide support for OpenOffice.org.
Source: MAMPU Open Source Competency Centre
Translation of policy documents can be found at Open Malaysia Blog.
Size and complexity of migration
Can anyone inform me of the size (e.g. in terms of number of client workstations) involved in this migration from Office to OpenOffice? Also any details of the complexity, e.g. from which Office version, was there much integration of the Office suite with other programmes, migration of macro's/templates etc?
Thanks!
Karen