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German State of Lower Saxony Plans to Switch From Linux to Windows

posted by chromas on Saturday July 28 2018, @12:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the progress dept.

takyon writes:

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.

Related: Linux Champion Munich Takes Decisive Step Towards Returning to Windows
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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by maxwell demon on Sunday July 29 2018, @07:21AM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Sunday July 29 2018, @07:21AM (#714256) Journal

    I say this as a Linux user and lover who has been using Linux as my system for around 7 years,

    I don't believe you.

    I have to learn random bits of latex to get anything done (in LyX)

    First, LyX is not part of either OpenOffice or LibreOffice. Second, LyX is a LaTeX front end, what did you expect?

    calc crashes every 5 seconds

    I've never had calc crash on me once. Now I'm not a heavy user of it, but if it were really as bad as you describe, I should have had a few thousand crashes by now.

    --
    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
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