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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 28 2018, @06:58PM
>They just want to get shit done and quickly.
every fucking time i couldn't get shit done quickly, it was because of a closed source OS, proprietary data format, and platform incompatibility.
Presentation looks like shit? you need Calibri font. Oh but you cannot get it, it's proprietary. Sorry!!! No you cannot hook up your PC, we only have VGA. Export in pdf, pdf to bitmap and so on.
You are describing the "I know windows, have too many stuff hostage of windows". Which BTW is kind of an obsolete situation from what I see around. Fine, let closed source decide when you WILL be forced to change. Because it will happen. There is no money to be done otherwise.
tldr people who don't know what they want should stop screeching about it.