BGR (originally Boy Genius Report) reports
The Kerala government has made a saving of Rs 300 crore through introduction and adoption of Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) in the school education sector, said a state government official [February 26]. IT became a compulsory subject in Kerala schools from 2003, but it was [only in 2005] that FOSS was introduced in a phased manner and started to replace proprietary software.
[...] "The proprietary version of this software would have incurred a minimum cost of Rs 150,000 per machine [$2250] in terms of [license] fee. Hence, the minimum savings in a year (considering 20,000 machines) is Rs 300 crore [$45M]. It's not the cost saving that matters more, but the fact that the Free Software [license] enables not only teachers and students but also the general public an opportunity to copy, distribute, and share the contents and use it as they wish", [said K. Anwar Sadath, executive director IT@School.]
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday March 08 2017, @02:51AM (3 children)
I mean, looking to the Munich case, the result is: Microsoft moved the regional headquarters into the rebel city.
Perhaps the Kerala government hopes for the same?
Having some Accenture headquarters there (to advice moving back to Windows 2027) would be a bonus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday March 08 2017, @04:31AM (2 children)
The Accenture report will, in part say "estimate savings of $[very large number], based on support cost modelling which would be true if removing proprietry software had cost $1000 per computer, per year"
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 08 2017, @05:16AM (1 child)
The Accenture report has already come back.
What it said was that apps should be OS-agnostic.
The politicians have attempted to IGNORE the recommendation for which they paid so much.
A previous submission on this topic said [soylentnews.org]
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday March 08 2017, @06:19AM
So.. Office365?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex