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The Woes of Munich's Linux Migration

Posted by kdawson on from the eyes-of-the-world-are-upon-you dept.

mikrorechner writes "The H Online has a writeup of the problems encountered by LiMux (Wikipedia entry), one of the most prominent Linux migration projects in the world, trying to introduce free software into the highly heterogenous IT infrastructure of the City of Munich. Quoting: 'Florian Schiessl, deputy head of Munich's LiMux project for migrating the city's public administration to Linux, has, for the first time, explained why migrating the city's computing landscape to open source software has taken longer than originally planned.'" Here is Shiessl's blog, in which he details some of the transition problems.

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  1. They should switch to all Macs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Then their IT infrastructure will be homogenous.

    1. Re:They should switch to all Macs by Em+Emalb · · Score: 1, Funny

      Newsflash there, AC. Not all mac users are gay. Sheesh, this is 2010, not 1995! Get over it. (I don't need to explain this is a joke, do I? Oops, I think I just did)

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    2. Re:They should switch to all Macs by plague3106 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Of course not. You don't turn gay immediately after buying a mac, it takes time.

    3. Re:They should switch to all Macs by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

      Of course not. You don't turn gay immediately after buying a mac, it takes time.

      How much time? (Looks around furtively).

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    4. Re:They should switch to all Macs by Em+Emalb · · Score: 2, Funny

      Aw man, what do I tell my family? Especially my wife? I've been using macs pretty consistently for the last three years...am I slowly turning gay right now as we "speak"? Or is it more of a "you'll first slowly stop allowing your wife to pick out your clothes for you" followed by trimming your eye brows? What's next? A man purse? Oops, sorry, I meant a "European Shoulder bag".

      Aw hell, I'm almost gay, aren't I?

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    5. Re:They should switch to all Macs by Darinbob · · Score: 4, Funny

      You see, with Amiga it doesn't matter if you turn gay or not since you won't have a sex life anyway.

  2. Move them all into the CLOUD by Spy+Handler · · Score: 2, Funny

    1. Move them all into CLOUD computing 2. ??? 3. Profit!

    1. Re:Move them all into the CLOUD by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

      1. Move them all into CLOUD computing
      2. ???
      3. Profit!

      I believe #2 is "pray", unless you're a 'cloud host' and then it's "prey".

  3. Re:We thought about doing this in Canada by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about LinuxEh?

  4. The real reason its late by Alanonfire · · Score: 2, Funny

    They're installing Debian, which takes approximately 18 - 19 years for a full install.

    This task involves downloading 142909 .iso images, burning and installing each disc on to every computer.

  5. Re:We thought about doing this in Canada by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 5, Funny

    But we couldn't find a catchy pun or play on words to name the project, so we ditched it altogether.

    Really? What about "Canux"? Isn't that already your nickname?

  6. Re:There is no free lunch by binarylarry · · Score: 4, Funny

    Poor IT chef.

    But on that note, what an awesome IT department. They had a CHEF on staff? Fuck yeah!

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  7. Re:how much did this all cost? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can I still keep my geek card if I actually read TFA?

    Hell yeah. Those haven't been bound to the /. Card for years.

  8. Re:Bad title is bad. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    kdawson doesn't actually exist, its a sockpuppet the regular editors use because they're ashamed of associating with their juvenile userbase of lintard wingnuts.

  9. Re:There is no free lunch by huckamania · · Score: 3, Funny

    When considering open source software, you should never, ever consider the costs of replacing an existing closed source system that works in every possible way with an inferior open source offering. You should consider instead all of the very fine software projects that are produced by the open source community. You should also remember that closed source systems are, by definition, thought and deed, inferior to any open source software, even when it isn't, don't be lazy, you stoopid noob, you have the source.

    I apologize for this post about replacing closed source software with open source software in a discussion about the city of Munich replacing their closed source software with open source software. It is obviously off topic.

  10. Re:There is no free lunch by Sir_Lewk · · Score: 1, Funny

    Are you human? This post looks like some thing a markov chain barfed out. As far as I can tell, I wasn't even responding to a post made by you. Hell, this is the first comment you've posted in this story, unless of course you are a sockpuppeting whore.

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  11. Re:It's like the old saying... by The+Mighty+Buzzard · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would have went with Schlitz, Natural Light, or Milwaukee's Best for Windows but then I'm just a dick sometimes.

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  12. Re:It's like the old saying... by oatworm · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pabst Blue Screen.

  13. Re:There is no free lunch by elashish14 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Of course. He left after joining the Super Adventure Club.

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