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German government shifts 11,000 desktops to open source
- maximilian 18y agoWhen I was at the university there I was impressed to see how many of the computers there were running linux. All the faculty run it, and many of the students I met ran it. A lot of the computers available to students were quite old and linux was the obvious choice.
- randomwalker 18y agoIt isn't 1999 anymore! Open source isn't the hot new thing. Nor is this slashdot. There are millions of open source desktops around the world (especially outside the U.S.). A few thousand more isn't news, not nearly. Besides, this is just an annouced migration by a government ministry. These things take ages to actually happen.
- bootload 18y ago"... It isn't 1999 anymore! Open source isn't the hot new thing. Nor is this slashdot. ..." The message is still trickling through government departments. Why for instance is MS Office products still mandated by Aus. government departments? The argument goes "but we need MS Office because all our legacy documents are MS format... it's easier to use... IT maintenance costs..." ... ad. infinitum. These kinds of stories need to be repeated in the press ( "and maybe here to remind ourselves that our mindset is quite different from other groups who use software and computers" ) highlighting the cost savings & advantages of FOSS.