[Linuxtrent] Munich, Germany realizes that deploying Linux was a disaster, going back to Windows

  • From: Luca Manganelli <luca76@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Linuxtrent <linuxtrent@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:18:57 +0200

"[...] By 2011, Germany was supposedly running LiMux on more than 9000 machines.

Issues arose when the Linux OS users tried to work with those outside
the city and they were unable to share files easily with those on
other applications. More so, the idea is generally that Linux setups
are cheaper than a Microsoft solution as you do not have to pay
licensing fees but what Munich experienced is that Linux was much more
expensive. Why is it more expensive? That's because the city had to
hire programmers to build out functionality that they needed and then
had to pay the staff to maintain the software.

The city is now in the process of jumping back to a Microsoft solution
and is now converting those 9000+ machines back to Windows. [...]"

http://www.neowin.net/news/munich-germany-realizes-that-deploying-linux-was-a-disaster-going-back-to-windows

Le motivazioni mi sembrano un po' stupide, comunque. Forse hanno
solamente fatto il passo più lungo della propria gamba.
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