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I'm not sure how Munich "proved it was possible". The user community disliked it so much they are now switching back. They proved that it cost the city a lot

by luma 9y ago

I'm not sure how Munich "proved it was possible". The user community disliked it so much they are now switching back. They proved that it cost the city a lot of money in the transition (both times), and those costs have nothing to do with licensing. "Free" is only "free" so long as you and your user's time carries no value.

icc97 9y ago
They switched over for 7 years, they got the initial political support required to switch over, they created their own distribution. So I regard that as having shown that it is possible to switch. This is purely showing that getting over the first hurdle is possible. They then showed what to what lengths MS will go to lobby against it, so Barcelona can be better prepared for the next hurdle. These are all fairly massive achievements.
deknos 9y ago
not the users. the mayor and city council.