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Munich Has Saved €4M So Far After Switch To Linux

Posted by Soulskill on from the gonna-be-a-good-oktoberfest-this-year dept.

New submitter Mojo66 writes "Mayor Ude reported today that the city of Munich has saved €4 million so far (Google translation of German original) by switching its IT infrastructure from Windows NT and Office to Linux and OpenOffice. At the same time, the number of trouble tickets decreased from 70 to 46 per month. Savings were €2.8M from software licensing and €1.2M from hardware because demands are lower for Linux compared to Windows 7."

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  1. Now go for another 4 million ... by Kaz+Kylheku · · Score: 5, Funny

    Get rid of that office shit and replace with Vim and Emacs. :) :)

    1. Re:Now go for another 4 million ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hell - let's just turn the computers off. That will save millions!

    2. Re:Now go for another 4 million ... by inhuman_4 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Emacs only costs nothing if your soul is worthless.

      This message is brought to you by the Coalition for the Ethical Treatment of Swap Space.

  2. Re:Does that include cost of training and transiti by NemoinSpace · · Score: 3, Funny

    Lets be honest here

    ok, you can start by not posting as AC
    Then we can start discussing your hatred of monkeys.

  3. And this is why opensource is superior! by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 5, Funny

    It has been a desperate struggle for all in the computer business to come up with the least usable software ever! Apple had a good long run with their 1 mouse button because options just give users options. MS for a long time stayed with its tried and tested "crash more often then the stockmarket" while Unix just had to rely on making even the manual an arcane command line.

    But then stupid users tried to improve. Apple was forced to accept that with the PC, users could always just buy a multi-buttoned mouse! Can't have that Jobs said and have the word iOS, to get rid of not just right-click but double click in one go.

    Aha! MS said, we can beat that, behold, the RIBBON, a beautifull piece of AI that ensures whatever command you want, you won't be able to find it.

    Oops, said Linux, we started to lag. Quickly, upgrade the desktops so that whatever one you pick, you get the worsed ideas ever combined in a buddy alpha package!

    But unbeknown to all, queitly working away were the OpenOffice people, show casing just how utterly evil you can get with opensource code... TADA! The text editor with NO USER INTERFACE AT ALL! MWAHAHAHAHAA!

    Even Nintendo who gave us the handheld you got to move to control the game but hold still to be able to see can't top that.

    --

    MMO Quests are like orgasms:

    You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.

  4. Re:What window manager? by Tjebbe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, games, of course! Windows Solitaire is so much better than the linux versions.