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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: 2, Flamebait) by snufu on Saturday July 28 2018, @08:24PM (9 children)
Funny how Soylent Libertarian champions free market fundamentalism as the solution to everything...until another FOSS option gets dumped on its ass for a superior product. Than its all "Unite comrades, we must force FOSS on the proletariat by government fiat. For their own good."
(Score: 2, Offtopic) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday July 28 2018, @08:45PM
No, no, clearly the problem here is a Violently Imposed Monopoly (TM). I mean hell it's even the name of the default editor, Vim! Lower Saxony ought to enter a series of voluntary contracts, because no one ever got screwed dealing with an entity with a hell of a lot more power, money, and legal influence on a contractural basis, as Any Fule Noe.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @04:30AM (4 children)
Decent troll, would read again. You had me at "superior product" :D
(Score: 2) by snufu on Sunday July 29 2018, @09:14AM (3 children)
Free market don't lie.
(Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Sunday July 29 2018, @11:07AM (2 children)
If only we HAD a free* market...
It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.
(Score: 2) by snufu on Sunday July 29 2018, @10:07PM (1 child)
What is preventing FOSS from competing in this space? FOSS has been tested time and again by end users and found lacking. They have spoken with their wallet.
(Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Tuesday July 31 2018, @07:59AM
Megabucks of advertising/propaganda saying FOSS is a Bad Thing for one. More megabucks pushing sellers into forced bundling of software with hardware for another.
It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Sunday July 29 2018, @09:44PM (2 children)
I am a free market fundamentalist. The market in which Microsoft operates is not free. If it were free the best product for the price would win.
BTW I am sure by now some crooks have begun pushing their FOSS based solutions with the mere intent of having the taxpayer shell out money for their services. This is not a matter of FOSS vs. proprietary. This is corruption.
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(Score: 2) by snufu on Sunday July 29 2018, @10:00PM (1 child)
All markets are free...except the ones I deem not free. Those markets should be regulated and proscribed by law.
Similarly all speech is free...except the speech I deem hate. That speech should proscribed by law.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Tuesday July 31 2018, @08:53PM
me: If in a mixture of ice cubes and water, the cubes do not rise to the top, then they are not floating freely.
you interpret it as: all mixtures feature ice on top, except for the ones i don't like
funny meatbag.
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