____/ Matt on Saturday 15 March 2008 21:25 : \____
> DFS wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Munich's migration to GNU/Linux was successful and a lot of eyes use
>>> it as a case study.
>>
>> The migration isn't close to being done, has taken 5 years (since the
>> announcement) just to get a few thousand machines switched over, they still
>> run Windows servers and clients for many apps, they still use lots of
>> proprietary systems, the initial cost projections were exorbitant (more than
>> $3000 per system) http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39162746,00.htm
>> and exceeded the cost of upgrading their MS infrastructure.
>>
>> It's a fact that the Munich migration is to date a huge failure by any
>> rational measure or consideration.
>
> You ought to inform the people authorizing the work. I expect that once
> you explain things to them, they'll drop it and go back to MS. They
> wouldn't be the first. There was a private girls' school in Australia
> that came into some money lately and moved a few hundred desktops from
> Linux back to MS.
>
> If Munich won't listen, you might try talking to the people responsible
> for moving hundreds of thousands of students and others to FOSS in
> Macedonia, Russia, Extremadura in Spain, Kerala in India, Philippines,
> and Indiana. I don't promise that you could convince them.
>
>> This migration was undertaken for one reason only: German nationalism. They
>> wanted to try and wean this important, visible city government off American
>> proprietary code.
>
> There is a grain of truth to that, but notice they didn't choose Suse.
>
> To gauge the importance, you might take a look at what happened with
> Lutheranism.
>
>> At best it may pay off financially - but not in any big
>> way - over several upgrade cycles (20+ years, considering they stayed with
>> NT for 8 years).
>>
>>
>>
>>> Therefore, the Munchkins would lie through their
>>> teeth telling a bogus story.
>
> Yes, and isn't it amazing how so many---even big IT operations---are
> being deceived by the FOSS Big Lie: Munich, French Police, Vienna,
> Solothurn canton of Switzerland, school systems all over the world that
> have started or completed migrations already ... EU, Dutch cities,
> France and other national governments passing pro-FOSS policy
> resolutions ... the EU taking antitrust action against MS ... the rise
> of cross-platform FOSS applications ... OOXML being rejected ... MS
> having to drop its prices ... so much insanity ...
They'll carry on spreading the Big Lie. It's best just not to feed them because
this is an unmoderated forum. They can't post lies which cannot be removed.
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