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Why is eight years significant?

• jimbobimbo 15y ago
  Because of someone is spending public money on a dubious cause that takes forever to implement?
  • burgerbrain 15y ago
    Considering the number of people currently using an operating system that is over a decade old, I think you don't quite understand the pace at which large, particularly government, projects tend to move. Eight years for 65% is quite impressive actually. Regardless, this is quite the tangent...
    • jimbobimbo 15y ago
      Let's see: LiMux was based on Debian Etch (2007) until 2011, when it was moved over to Ubuntu 8.10 (Oct 2008); AzLinux, the sole survivor of similar attempts, is based on Suse 11.2 (2009) and only moving towards 11.4 (2011), but it's still in development. For the record, Windows XP SP3 was released in April 2008. So, "a decade old" OS (2008 in fact) is being replaced by basically OS from the same time period over the course of 8 years and is still in progress. I'm sorry, if I don't think it is impressive.
      • burgerbrain 15y ago
        "Windows XP SP3 was released in April 2008." LOL
  • vidarh 15y ago
    You missed out the part where this is ahead of their goal. Instead of wasting money by trying an ambitious big-bang transition with according requirement for additional staff and support, they've purposefully planned out a gradual, and orderly transition. As for "spending public money on a dubious cause", they're spending roughly as much as before, but they're spending it in the local economy instead of sending it to the US, before you even count any other benefits.