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A List of Linux Migration Stories?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the an-army-of-penguins dept.

borfast asks: "From time to time, I read about schools, cities, states or countries that decided to switch their operating systems to Linux for a number of reasons. The latest was the city of Munich. I'm currently preparing a presentation to do on local schools about Free Software and its advantages (and disadvantages) in government and education, and I'd like to show some examples of what I'll be saying to those folks. Not that I consider myself an authority on the subject but you know the saying, 'In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king'. Anyway, I have been collecting all the stories (both positive and negative) I find but I'd really appreciate it if the Slashdot crowd could give me a hand, here. Due credit will be given and the presentation will be posted online under a Free license. So, what Linux migration nightmares or cotton-candy dreams do you know about, and do you know any site that collects these stories?"

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  1. google by rbochan · · Score: 2, Informative

    Or any other search engine:
    AutoZone
    Burlington Coat Factory
    Cisco/Linksys
    City of Vienna information services
    Daimer/Chrysler
    Disney
    Ernie Ball Guitars
    Google
    IBM
    Los Alamos National Laboratory
    Merrill Lynch
    Mexico City municipal government
    Pixar Animation
    Papa John's Pizza
    Raymour & Flanigan Furniture
    Riverdale High School, Portland, Oregon
    St. Mary's School, Rockledge, Florida
    University of Oslo
    US Air Force

    You might not get all the details, but it might send you in the right direction.

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  2. 50 stories by dagnabit · · Score: 2, Informative

    From digg: 50 Open Source success stories in Business, Education, and Government

  3. I gave a presentation on Free Software / Open Src. by elvey · · Score: 2, Informative

    Whoops ; Here are the examples I meant to include in my previous post.

    Venezuela[1], Brazil[2], Extremadura and other regions of Spain[3], New Zealand[6], Bulgaria & Madeconia[4], and China[5], India. Development is often a worldwide effort, much like academic research.

    For example, while I have only done a little FLOSS development, I've never met any of my collaborators in person.
        Thailand Cities: Vienna, Munich, Geneva, Bergen[7]. Peru, Paris:almost.

    [1] http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-08 -30-011-26-NW-LL-PB
    [2] http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=26006
    [3] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8485 - Good Read.
    [4] http://www.foss.bg/news.php?id=2
    [5] http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20031117S0015
    [6]
    [7] http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/10/13/t13_2.php

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