Munich's Migration from Windows to Linux Is Finally Over.

[Linux-SWAT]

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Munich-s-Migration-from-Windows-to-Linux-Is-Finally-Over-357169.shtml

 

[Binky]

Whoop!

 

[Askarus]

That's cool.

Maybe finally all those Apple and guys will see how good Linux is.

Microsoft is OK (had it for many years) but after 1 week with Linux I can't imagine how I could ever work with it.

Apple is the worst thing ever.

I never touched an Apple computer without thinking: "Oh my god, how stupid is this thing".

Nice news.

 

[Binky]

At least MacOS is fundamentally sound (with a crisp outer layer of pointless skeuomorphisms )

 

[Franko]

Good news.  Maybe more municipalities world-wide will take this initiative.  They expect to save about 10 million euros ($13 million USD).

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Meanwhile:

Munich may drop Linux and return to Windows

http://www.zdnet.com/munich-sheds-light-on-the-cost-of-dropping-linux-and-returning-to-windows-7000034718/ "...a recent study by the German national security agency BSI, which found that Linux had a higher number of vulnerabilities than Windows..."

pyra-handheld.com

And a new twist:

Munich Says It's Now Shifting Back From Microsoft to Open Source Software -- Again - Slashdot

Newly-elected politicians in Munich "have decided its administration needs to use open-source software, instead of proprietary products like Microsoft Office," reports ZDNet: "Where it is technologically and financially possible, the city will put emphasis on open standards and free open-source...

linux.slashdot.org