CERN Endorsing Microsoft Alternatives Like ownCloud, Kopano, Alt-Office Suite

[kenjitamura]

I'm guessing they just internally refer to it as alternative office despite being libre office? Maybe because french is one of the two recognized languages of CERN they wouldn't want to refer to it internally as libreoffice?

"I think we should be using libre office"

"Yes, we want our microsoft alternative software to be free but can you be more specific which office suite to use?"

[tchiwam]

Kicad !

[nh2_]

What is "Alt-Office" supposed to be?

When you click it, it brings you to the LibreOffice website.

[q2dg]

I don't know why they have choosen Owncloud instead of Nextcloud...

[phoronix]

Phoronix: CERN Endorsing Microsoft Alternatives Like ownCloud, Kopano, Alt-Office Suite

CERN, The European Organization for Nuclear Research that is home to the Large Hadron Collider and much more, has been working on alternatives to Microsoft software and recently some of their recommended options for various tasks / application replacements was published...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...ft-Alternative