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Some have tried and have gone back to Windows[1] [1] https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/02/11/1930217/the-city-of-munich-now-wants-to-abandon-linux-and-switch-b
by Osiris 9y ago
Some have tried and have gone back to Windows[1]
[1] https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/02/11/1930217/the-city-of-munich-now-wants-to-abandon-linux-and-switch-back-to-windows https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/02/11/1930217/the-city-of-...
- tpalix 9y agoThe post's author mentioned it - it was an obvious bribery since the major of munich considers itself an ms fanatic.
- yorwba 9y agoHere's some previous discussion on that topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13642820 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13642820
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- vmarsy 9y agoYes, but also others have tried and have not gone back (yet?) like GendBuntu[1]. Munich was about 15,000 computers [2], GendBuntu is 70,000. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu [2] http://www.zdnet.com/article/linuxs-munich-crisis-crunch-vote-locks-city-on-course-for-windows-return/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/linuxs-munich-crisis-crunch-vot...
- hutzlibu 9y agoBut there are som hints, that the decision to "go back" might have been politicaly motivated. Like relocating the microsoft central in germany to munich ... But on the other hand, there were many flaws in the system, but many in the OSS-community did not want to acknowledge, because it is easier to shift the blame to evil conspiring microsoft, than to admit, that linux and libre office is not perfect. Which is really, really stupid, because how can it be technically as good and polished as microsoft products, given there is so much more money behind them. And even though the linux kernel might be now even better than microsoft - that is not at all the case for Desktop, Drivers, Stability, Programms, etc.