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IIRC, the initial Munich Linux Project ("Limux") from 2004 I think was somewhat of a failure. They spent millions migrating dozens of different Windows applicat
by madballster 6y ago
IIRC, the initial Munich Linux Project ("Limux") from 2004 I think was somewhat of a failure. They spent millions migrating dozens of different Windows applications, but found that certain offices (e.g. the land registry) kept using Windows applications for obscure hard-to-replace services and databases, leading to friction.
Later they rolled back then entire migration just to re-announce a new Linux migration more recently, see https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-not-windows-why-munich-is-shifting-back-from-microsoft-to-open-source-again/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-not-windows-why-munich-i...
- bitcharmer 6y agoIt failed in huge part due to Microsoft's dirty tactics: https://lwn.net/Articles/737818/ https://lwn.net/Articles/737818/
- dang 6y agoDiscussed at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15661372 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15661372
- em-bee 6y agothat's not really a fair characterization because it was only a failure in reaching the goal of 100% conversion. i don't know if that even was the goal because realistically that is hard to achieve. all in all it was quite a success for a transition at that scale. the rollback was entirety politically motivated, and would have happened even if the transition was 100%. likewise the new announcement is a political change.