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: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday July 28 2018, @04:02PM (2 children)
Vulcans are almost as much comic book material as superheroes: overly simplified characters with limited dimensions of difference from everyday people.
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(Score: 2) by acid andy on Saturday July 28 2018, @04:41PM (1 child)
*Gasps!* Sacrelige! Sacrelige! Out, you heretic! Take it back I say! ;)
Only when they're half human...
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday July 28 2018, @05:30PM
Oh, when they're half human they're at least twice as complex.
Full Vulcans are just highly repressed with explosive outlets like PonFarr... when they're half human they struggle with trying to balance that repression with human feeling, in a shallowly written kind of way.
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