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quote:www.neowin.net
Munich, Germany realizes that deploying Linux was a disaster, going back to Windows
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Back in 2004, Munich, Germany decided that they were going to switch to Linux (specifically, LiMux) as their primary operating system and drop Microsoft's Windows operating system. At the time, the decision was said to be cheaper, more reliable and politically correct for the city and this would be the on the same scale as the Berlin Wall falling for politics but for IT.
But ten years later, and we must say that running for ten years is quite the achievement, the city is realizing that the move has not materialized in the way that they had envisioned a decade ago. A city official said that no matter what organization he talked to within the city, they all explained that their productivity was suffering because of the Linux system that they were using.
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The city is now in the process of jumping back to a Microsoft solution and is now converting those 9000+ machines back to Windows.
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More @ http://www.neowin.net/news/munich-germany-realizes-that-deploying-linux-was-a-disaster-going-back-to-windows
Related:
DSLR: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r27059477-Munich-Saves-REAL-EUROS-by-using-Linux-
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http://www.wpcentral.com/munich-germanys-government-using-windows-again-after-failure-linux
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http://www.fierceenterprisecommunications.com/story/munich-city-official-takes-heat-thinking-about-ditching-linux-windows/2014-08-18
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http://windowsitpro.com/windows/linux-desktop-fails-germany
Munich May Switch Back to Windows Following Unsuccessful Run with Linux (MSFT)
http://www.streetinsider.com/Insiders+Blog/Munich+May+Switch+Back+to+Windows+Following+Unsuccessful+Run+with+Linux+(MSFT)/9763073.html
DSLR: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22758584?hilite=linux
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