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Lower Saxony KDE Migration
An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet reports on a recent German Linux migration by the tax authority in Lower Saxony which has made the decision to migrate an impressive 12,000 desktops to SuSE Linux using KDE. The project, which is now in process converting 300 desktops daily, moves systems from Solaris x86 version 8, which the organisation has been running since 2002. The migrations are reported as going well thus far. KDE's Kiosk desktop customisation, source code access and licensing costs were cited as key reasons for the decision. Congratulations to all involved, and best of luck going forward with this effort!"
It's pretty easy to migrate from Solaris.
If we start hearing about big Win32 -> *nix migrations, THEN maybe we can say kill -9 to billy boy...
But more importantly, it's telling that we're not hearing about good, honest, honorable American migrations. We know all about Germans and the so-called "sport" they are hosting for the so-called "world"... and in any case, we know Linux isn't as reliable as Windows yet...
Isn't it the naming convention that all programs starting with a G are Gnome based? Well, it ain't Kermany...
"Freely accessible sources, no license costs as well as optimum support of current hardware."
I thought, I'd never live long enough to see the day someone will ever say this... Look away, it's just some dust in my eyes...
"Don't let fools fool you. They are the clever ones."
come to think of it, they may have even been using openwindows and dude, there is nothing more robust (and nearly useless) after the command line than that.
I tried to install OS X recently on my Thinkpad and it failed to detect any of the hardware. OS X is simply not ready for the desktop.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it