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Linux in Munich Followup

Posted by michael on from the technical-difficulties dept.

Rican writes "Wired has a story that details some of the difficulties that Project LiMux seems to be experiencing in Munich. Including financial and technical issues. On the positive side it looks like despite these setbacks they are continuing with the project and have a positive attitude about its completion. Let's keep our fingers crossed and do what we can to support this monumental effort that will benefit the whole Open Source Community."

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  1. "Resistance to change within Munich's Rathaus"... by czcxmag · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Smartly of M$ to captivate the people individually.

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  2. Re:You're gonna think this is flamebait by Mad_Rain · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I'm not sure if others in this portion of the thread have mentioned it, so I'll chime in with my $0.02. I think that the $892 per system cost will easily be offset in the long term, just because the agency's infrastructure will be a little more secure (particularly virus resistant, I'd imagine) , and will be able to go through the upgrade cycle as they feel necessary, not as Microsoft feels is necessary.

    You can probably mod this "redundant" as other people have said similar things, but I think (err, I hope ;) ) that the council took those thoughts into consideration...

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