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MA Dept. of Revenue consider Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the don't-fear-the-penguin dept.

hansroy writes "Massachusetts Department of Revenue is still using Windows 95 on the desktop. Faced with upgrade costs of $500-600 per user, they're considering Linux at about one-third the cost. This comes at a very good time, as the new governor of MA is making significant budget cuts this year."

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  1. Crossover not needed, Open Office rules by urbieta · · Score: 0, Troll
    Open Office can handle it all

    There is an option to leave one old windows 95 machine on the network with VNC running as server and logged in as guest user.

    any user can then run:
    vncviewer win95machine:0
    put the password and convert any files from weird propietary formats to an MS format that open office can handle.

    A little web server with related help, and you are all set to let users help themselves 8)