Linux pioneer Munich poised to ditch open source and return to Windows

Post by buovjaga » Sun, Feb 12, 2017, 9:12 AM UTC

sgift wrote: post #52

throwaway2048 wrote: post #7

this "news" keeps being reposted every few years, and it hasn't been correct yet.

There's a real chance that it will happen this time as there's no a 'supporting' consultation by Accenture that says going back to Windows would be a good idea (see another sub-thread for the quality of an Accenture consultation). As if my tax money couldn't be spend on something more useful.

Post by sveme » Sun, Feb 12, 2017, 9:14 AM UTC

mschuster91 wrote: post #77

jernfrost wrote: post #16

Does anyone have some examples of the practical problems they experience using Linux, which can't easily be solved in any other way than going to Windows? It just seems odd to me given my good experience switching my fairly computer illiterate parents over to Linux previously. To be fair they presently use Mac, but I found the Linux switch a great advantage initially as I ended up with much less tech support dealing…

> Does anyone have some examples of the practical problems they experience using Linux, which can't easily be solved in any other way than going to Windows? I worked there. The biggest problems back a few years ago: 1) So-called "Fachverfahren", basically software for stuff like managing drivers' licenses or other bureaucratic procedures, is written and supplied for Windows only. Often enough that meant Munich had to…

Post by idobai » Sun, Feb 12, 2017, 9:39 AM UTC

Sanddancer wrote: post #59

massysett wrote: post #4

They suggest that virtual desktops make the client OS irrelevant. My employer (US government agency) went to completely virtual desktops and I was surprised they stuck with Windows 7 for the client laptops. Seemed a perfect place to put Red Hat or some other Linux. I wondered if Windows is priced so there is no advantage to using anything else, or if even dumb clients still need enough management that they would rath…

Windows is pretty inexpensive, and if you want something supported for more than a year or two, the options do tend to be somewhat costly. RedHat, for example, is $50/year for the equivalent of Windows Update. There are also a number of other advantages for windows in terms of things like remote management which RedHat doesn't have equivalents for.

Post by jmnicolas » Sun, Feb 12, 2017, 9:55 AM UTC

noobermin wrote: post #37

Merem wrote: post #8

Hm.. "At the time the report was released, the FSFE questioned why Accenture was commissioned to co-author a report assessing the use of Microsoft software, when the consultancy runs a joint venture with Microsoft called Avanade, which helps businesses implement Microsoft technologies. For its part, Accenture said it has an "independent view of the technology landscape". "At the time Munich began the move to LiMux in…

It almost sounds like the sort of thing that happens often in the US. I thought the europeans were more resistant to lobbying and other related practices.

Post by wiz21c » Sun, Feb 12, 2017, 10:48 AM UTC

buovjaga wrote: post #84

lucb1e wrote: post #25

I was afraid this would happen when I saw they made a custom distro called LiMux. Maybe it was good in the beginning, though I doubt it given the reports I heard, but by now it must be horribly outdated. (Going to the "project site" as linked by wikipedia, I just get a blank page.) Additionally, almost no workers will be using anything other than Windows or OS X at home. Having to find explorer or the "add column" bu…

I don't know what's up with the project page being gone, but the distro is not outdated. They are working on a version with KDE Plasma 5. Maybe some people don't realize, how much they have contributed upstream. For the past couple of years I have worked with them as a volunteer in LibreOffice. They regularly host hackfests for Debian & LibreOffice. There are certain parts of LibreOffice like the KDE UI backend and m…