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Subject:    [kde-promo] Fwd: [dot] [notify] Official Certification for KDE
From:       Danny Allen <dannya40uk () yahoo ! co ! uk>
Date:       2007-05-20 19:09:21
Message-ID: 200705202009.23055.dannya40uk () yahoo ! co ! uk
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Here you are, Olaf.

Danny


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Subject: [dot] [notify] Official Certification for KDE Usability
Date: Saturday 19 May 2007
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Subject: Official Certification for KDE Usability  
From: Olaf Schmidt <ojschmidt@kde.org>  
Date: Saturday 19/May/2007, @13:37   
  


Munich's KDE distribution LiMux has been officially certified to meet the 
international
usability standard ISO 9241. This is the first time that the well-known German 
testing
association TÜV has certified an open source workspace solution.

After extensive testing, TÜV IT concludes that "open source has reached a 
very high level of
professionalism". The use of KDE 3 as an "effective, efficient and 
satisfactory" working
environment is named as a decisive factor for passing the certification.



TÜV IT also stresses that the free software development methodology made it 
very easy for
Munich to ensure that the software is especially efficient and user friendly 
for their office
workers. LiMuX is developed by the city of Munich as part of their Linux 
migration. It has been
customized for the needs of Munich's city administration, which serves and 
governs
1,300,000 citizens.

Mayor Christine Strobl agrees with TÜV's assessment from first-hand 
experience, saying
that the KDE migration was far easier for her than expected.

The ISO 9241 standard consists of 17 parts and covers many different areas of 
usability and
human-computer interaction.


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