French Parliament To Go Open Source

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 28, 2006 @02:10PM from the desktops-and-all dept.

dhoyte writes, "Newsfactor.com reports that next June the French parliament will be switching from Microsoft to open source products such as Linux for desktops and servers and OpenOffice for day-to-day documents. They see it as a cost-cutting measure." The French have not settled on a Linux distribution yet. The article quotes an analyst voicing a note of caution: "'The evidence on the cost savings attributable to a switch to Linux has been mixed,' according to Chris Swenson, director of software industry analysis at research group NPD. 'There has been some evidence that companies have to spend a good deal on training and support after you deploy...'"

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Re:I think slashdot... by bedonnant · 2006-11-28 14:46 · Score: 5, Funny

...must be a nexus point in the Matrix, déjà vu seems to happen quite often around here

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Re:Think Linux juice. by Fred_A · 2006-11-28 20:45 · Score: 5, Funny

Besides I've seen with my own eyes a 12 year old girl recognising an obscure Unix file manager after a mere glance. "I know this, this is Unix !" she exclaimed in front of a clueless audience of hundreds.

So don't tell me Unix is hard. 12 year old girls can use it.

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