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Experience a moment of reflection with the excellent article by Fernando H. Leme showing the benefits of migration to free software and BrOffice.org in government institutions and private enterprise. In the main report, Rochele Prass brings accurate and current information of the Brazilian cities that have undergone recent migration to free software and BrOffice.org, plus reviews, interviews and graphics that leave no doubt about the importance and acceptance in the suite BrOffice.org Brazilian institutions that in many cases are the first BrOffice.org before doing a full migration. In the section How We Willian Colen is a brief historical account and updates the production process CoGrOO. Plus, tips and tutorial for the reader who wants to deep into the daily use of BrOffice.org. Good reading!!

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BrOffice.org, different than most people imagine, is not a "fork" of the international OpenOffice.org project, but a contribution of its Brazilian community. The BrOffice.org arose from the need to protect the community of developers and users of the problems of the mark, and eventually characterize the most Brazilian of community projects in the country, due to its constant search for tailoring the product for our users. Good Reading!!