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Well, it's a decade to migrate 15,000 computers. The french did over double that in the same time and plan on migrating 72,000[1]. Don't forget Munich saved 10

by danford 12y ago

Well, it's a decade to migrate 15,000 computers. The french did over double that in the same time and plan on migrating 72,000[1]. Don't forget Munich saved 10,000,000 Euros doing this[2], and --let's be honest -- doing the same thing with windows computers wouldn't have saved more than maybe a couple years at most. [1]http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-10/01/french-national-police http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-10/01/french-nation... [2]http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/11/23/1732222/limux-project-has-saved-munich-10m-so-far http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/11/23/1732222/limux-proje...

josefresco 12y ago
"The comparison with Windows assumes that Windows systems must be on the same technological level; this would, for example, mean that they would have been upgraded to Windows 7 at the end of 2011" That's a big assumption, and one that no doubt helps push the price of the MS solution up considerably.
- drzaiusapelord 12y ago
  Relaly big assumption there. Lots of shops, including government, are only now getting off XP and migrating to 7 or 8.1. There's no case study more massaged by those who want certain outcomes than the Munich linux migration. I also believe they were running NT4 when they started this project, so they're definitely the type of organization that is very behind the tech curve. I don't have a preferred outcome and wish them the best, but there's so much BS and massaging of data here that its all fairly useless to those of us interested in how this really turned out for them. Pardon me if I don't considering slashdot as a reliable and unbiased source regarding TCO of Windows.
- sergiosgc 12y ago
  The devil is in the details. Did they account for migration costs between windows and office versions, or just licensing costs? Migrating between windows versions is far from easy (see the XP weaning process for proof). Technology deprecation also happens on a stable platform (VB6, for example).
mandalar12 12y ago
The [1]'s article wording is a bit wrong, "Gendarmerie" is not "French national police". Gendarmerie is a part of the military but acting as a police force mostly in rural areas. French national police, operating in cities has not migrated to linux. It is still an massive migration though.

by danford 12y ago

josefresco 12y ago

"The comparison with Windows assumes that Windows systems must be on the same technological level; this would, for example, mean that they would have been upgraded to Windows 7 at the end of 2011" That's a big assumption, and one that no doubt helps push the price of the MS solution up considerably.

drzaiusapelord 12y ago
Relaly big assumption there. Lots of shops, including government, are only now getting off XP and migrating to 7 or 8.1. There's no case study more massaged by those who want certain outcomes than the Munich linux migration. I also believe they were running NT4 when they started this project, so they're definitely the type of organization that is very behind the tech curve. I don't have a preferred outcome and wish them the best, but there's so much BS and massaging of data here that its all fairly useless to those of us interested in how this really turned out for them. Pardon me if I don't considering slashdot as a reliable and unbiased source regarding TCO of Windows.
sergiosgc 12y ago
The devil is in the details. Did they account for migration costs between windows and office versions, or just licensing costs? Migrating between windows versions is far from easy (see the XP weaning process for proof). Technology deprecation also happens on a stable platform (VB6, for example).

mandalar12 12y ago

The [1]'s article wording is a bit wrong, "Gendarmerie" is not "French national police". Gendarmerie is a part of the military but acting as a police force mostly in rural areas. French national police, operating in cities has not migrated to linux. It is still an massive migration though.