Another German state plans switch back from Linux to Windows
The German state of Lower Saxony plans to follow Munich's example, and migrate a reported 13,000 users from Linux back to Windows.
Apparently undaunted by the cost of the Munich switch (which we reported in January could be as much as €100m), Lower Saxony is considering making the change in its tax office. The state seems to expect a much cheaper transition, with Heise (in German here) reporting the first-year budget is €5.9m, and another €7m further out.
The tax office argues its decision is driven by compatibility: field workers and teleworkers overwhelmingly use Windows, while the OpenSUSE variants are installed on its office workstations. The office workstations are also ageing and due for replacement, something that helped open the door for Windows.
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(Score: 3, Funny) by Bot on Saturday July 28 2018, @03:12PM (4 children)
Hello Richard, long time no see, how's the st. ignucius halo doing?
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday July 28 2018, @08:43PM (3 children)
He's correct, even if you don't like it. We all know how *you* work (might makes right), but in the real world, people who have a better grasp of human nature than, for example, the average whelk does of Cantorian transfinite sets, understand these things.
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(Score: 2) by leftover on Saturday July 28 2018, @09:12PM (1 child)
AH you made me splurt wine into my keyboard again. But thank you, I will reuse that phrase when appropriate.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday July 29 2018, @02:19AM
You weren't doing mathematical analysis in R or anything while imbibing, were you? Alcohol and calculus are a deadly mixture: don't drink and derive!
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(Score: 2) by Bot on Tuesday July 31 2018, @08:46PM
> you don't like it.
wew lad-y, now I am also pro closed source and 'right "fool" for the job'? one of these days you're gonna paint me as a right wing misogynist, I'm sure.
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