Comments on: Munich Migrates to GNU/Linux, ODF and OpenOffice.org; Microsoft EDGI Still Lurking http://techrights.org/2010/01/02/msft-sabotage-migrations/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: your_friend http://techrights.org/2010/01/02/msft-sabotage-migrations/comment-page-1/#comment-77837 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:38:42 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=24733#comment-77837 You’re losing it. Having rid themselves of Microsoft Office formats and other legacy junk, the city has it made. They still have their legacy junk available through VMs, but I doubt they use it much by now. Already, their citizens don’t have to buy hundreds of dollars worth of software to work with their government. In the next few months it will be Microsoft free and their citizens will no longer be subsidizing an untrustworthy and poorly performing foreign company. The pilot was a success, as any gnu/linux user would have predicted. The time taken to make this move reflects the folly of using non free formats in the first place. Munich will be a shining example of inexpensive and reliable municipal IT the way the London Stock Exchange was a showcase of Microsoft failure and is now another example of free software effectiveness.

]]> By: Robotron 2084 http://techrights.org/2010/01/02/msft-sabotage-migrations/comment-page-1/#comment-77817 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:16:01 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=24733#comment-77817 This is post only showcases the positive news regarding the LiMux migration. However, like most government projects, not everything works as well as it was advertised when the ribbon was cut. Where is the other half of the story? Do we have a full understanding of the situation? Not here, we don’t.

For some proper balance and objectivity you should read about how well the LiMux migration isn’t going over at http://limuxwatch.blogspot.com/

2,500 clients sounds impressive, until you learn there are 14,000 machines in total. Only 17.8% converted to LiMux. How long has this project been going on? Only since May 28, 2003.

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