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EU Publishes Open Source Migration Guidelines

Posted by michael on from the order-a-copy-for-the-boss dept.

Skunil writes "The IDA Open Source Migration Guidelines provide practical and detailed recommendations on how to migrate to Open Source Software (OSS)-based office applications, calendaring, e-mail and other standard applications. These guidelines have been designed to help public administrators decide whether a migration to OSS should be undertaken and describe, in broad technical terms, how such a migration could be carried out. They are based on practical experience of a limited number of publicly available case studies, and cover a wide range of management and technical concerns."

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  1. Umm.. EU? by k98sven · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'm for open-source migration and all.. but the EU?!

    Who the heck wants management advice from the European Union??

    That's like asking Microsoft for tips on anti-trust legislation!

    1. Re:Umm.. EU? by gilgongo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Since when is a paper on software migration options anything to do with management?

      Oh, but you've not read it have you?

      --
      "And the meaning of words; when they cease to function; when will it start worrying you?"
  2. Re:oh really by Dr.Evilonavich · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Um if your American and from the U.S. Im just gonna laugh,dictatorship of officialdom it may be but at least we put them their...and who would you prefer, souless ocasionally greedy and corrupt buerocrats who can weasel the E.U. into all manner of intresting things or well the thing that is the Bush administration...