German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
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German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
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Re: German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
#2"and better local control over the code powering the whole thing"
I am finding it hard to think the city would have engineers releasing their own Kernel.
Re: German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
#3Iirc, the initiative in Munich was very impressive, with public servants being taught how to file bug reports and whatnot. This is great news imo. Less spending on proprietary software, more accountability, possibly job openings for consultants. Good job Germany! I wish more countries would follow.
Re: German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
#4Meanwhile in Munch...
"German city of Munich, famous for rejecting Windows in favour of using Linux on its PCs, will return to Windows after the move won the backing of the full council."
Source: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/end-of-an-open-source-e...
Re: German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
#5Meanwhile in Munch... "German city of Munich, famous for rejecting Windows in favour of using Linux on its PCs, will return to Windows after the move won the backing of the full council." Source: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/end-of-an-open-source-e...
And back to open source.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-not-windows-why-munich-i...
Re: German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
#6Meanwhile in Munch... "German city of Munich, famous for rejecting Windows in favour of using Linux on its PCs, will return to Windows after the move won the backing of the full council." Source: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/end-of-an-open-source-e...
And back to open source. https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-not-windows-why-munich-i...
Ha, great to hear. I always assumed they went back to windows as part of some deal as around the same time Microsoft opened a big HQ in Munich.
Re: German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
#7https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiMux#Timeline has the timeline of back and forth between Microsoft and Linux
Re: German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
#8Meanwhile in Munch... "German city of Munich, famous for rejecting Windows in favour of using Linux on its PCs, will return to Windows after the move won the backing of the full council." Source: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/end-of-an-open-source-e...
According to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiMux the politicians decided last month to go back to Linux.
Apparently Ballmer visited Munich a lot trying to persuade the politicians to stay/switch back to Windows, even moving Microsoft's German HQ to the city.
Re: German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
#9"and better local control over the code powering the whole thing" I am finding it hard to think the city would have engineers releasing their own Kernel.
That could just mean having control away from "Critical bug in Windows, install these patches right now!" to "Critical bug found on the kernel, here's the diff patch that you can analyze so you can be sure it won't break other things."...
Re: German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
#10Iirc, the initiative in Munich was very impressive, with public servants being taught how to file bug reports and whatnot. This is great news imo. Less spending on proprietary software, more accountability, possibly job openings for consultants. Good job Germany! I wish more countries would follow.
> with public servants being taught how to file bug reports and whatnot.
Uh oh.