PuddingFeeling to [email protected]English • 2 years agoAre there any studies done on how much linux can save governments money if they do a whole migration?message-square80fedilinkarrow-up1224
arrow-up1224message-squareAre there any studies done on how much linux can save governments money if they do a whole migration?PuddingFeeling to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square80fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink44•edit-22 years agoThey actually flip flop a lot. 2006: Migration to LiMux begins 2008: 1200 out of 14,000 have migrated to the LiMux environment 2013: Over 15,000 LiMux PC-workstations (of about 18,000 workstations) 2016: Microsoft moves german HQ to Münich 2017: Dumping Linux https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/munich-city-government-to-dump-linux-desktop-84307.html 2020: Going back to Linux https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-not-windows-why-munich-is-shifting-back-from-microsoft-to-open-source-again/ 2023: Microsoft opens new Experience Center in Münich https://www.munich-business.eu/meldungen/neues-microsoft-experience-center-emea.html 2023: Analysing what needs to be done to switch to Win10 before new vote https://www.tweaksforgeeks.com/ditching-linux-for-windows-after-wannacry-is-too-risky-for-munich-green-party-warns/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink23•2 years agoCompanies like MS love to lobby a company or institution for a flip sale, lots of revenue in services. just have to bribe/schmooze the right people. That’s how Siemens was doing business before their giant lawsuit.
minus-squarebufalo1973linkfedilink1•2 years agoDidn’t the major changed from left to right in 2016 or 2017?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoNah https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Reiter
They actually flip flop a lot.
2006: Migration to LiMux begins
2008: 1200 out of 14,000 have migrated to the LiMux environment
2013: Over 15,000 LiMux PC-workstations (of about 18,000 workstations)
2016: Microsoft moves german HQ to Münich
2017: Dumping Linux https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/munich-city-government-to-dump-linux-desktop-84307.html
2020: Going back to Linux https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-not-windows-why-munich-is-shifting-back-from-microsoft-to-open-source-again/
2023: Microsoft opens new Experience Center in Münich https://www.munich-business.eu/meldungen/neues-microsoft-experience-center-emea.html
2023: Analysing what needs to be done to switch to Win10 before new vote https://www.tweaksforgeeks.com/ditching-linux-for-windows-after-wannacry-is-too-risky-for-munich-green-party-warns/
Companies like MS love to lobby a company or institution for a flip sale, lots of revenue in services. just have to bribe/schmooze the right people. That’s how Siemens was doing business before their giant lawsuit.
Didn’t the major changed from left to right in 2016 or 2017?
Nah
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Reiter