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Green Party Leaders Don't Want Windows In Munich (techrepublic.com)

Posted by msmash on from the good-call dept.

Reader sqorbit writes: Munich spent a lot of time (9 years) and a lot of money in shifting some 15,000 staff to a Linux-based OS. The plan now is to move to Windows 10 by 2021. Munich's Green Party is citing the WannaCry virus as a valid reason not to switch to Windows. "As with many of the biggest attacks, the computers that were mainly hit were running the Windows operating system," the Green Party said in a statement.

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  1. Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    The Green Party directly contributes to climate change via their opposition to nuclear power and their GMO denialism, despite always saying that climate change is a huge problem that needs addressed. Why give the Green Party the time of day?

  2. Hardware support by Radical+Moderate · · Score: 3, Informative

    Basically, they're finding there's a lag between new hardware being released and the OS getting updates to support it, and it's a huge PIA for support staff.

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