UK Government Kicks Out Microsoft Office and Adopts LibreOffice

The UK Government is looking to shed its dependency on proprietary software and entered into a new commercial deal with an open source software company Collabora Productivity that adapts LibreOffice for the use in enterprise environments. GovOffice is the name of the LibreOffice suite for the public sector, and it's actually more than just a simple adoption.

The deal signed by the UK Government is called the "Cloud Transition Agreement," and that means that it also includes a product named CloudSuite, which provides its users with cloud-based and mobile access, viewing and editing locally on devices, and online in web browsers. It hasn't been released yet, but it's going to bring crucial functionality. ...