How Munich Abandoned Microsoft for Open Source

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @06:38AM from the clippy-ist-verboten dept.

An anonymous reader writes "TechRepublic has the story behind Munich City Council's decision to ditch Microsoft Windows and Office in favor of open source software. The project leader talks about why the shift was primarily about freedom, in this case freeing itself from being tied into Microsoft's infrastructure and having control over the software it uses. He talks about how the council managed to keep such a large project on track, despite affecting 15,000 people and spanning nine years. He also warns against organizations justifying the shift to open source software on the grounds that it will save money, arguing this approach is always likely to fail."

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Re:Breaking the chains by Curupira · 2013-11-19 07:19 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Replying to undo a wrong moderation (tried to mod +1 insightful, accidentally clicked on -1 redundant). In a related note: WHY, Slashdot? Why do you still don't have an easy undo button for 10 lousy seconds?