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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. They need to make a business case by js3 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They were already planning on switching back to windows because something wasn't working with linux/open source. They should try to address that problem instead and make a case for staying with linux instead of fear mongering.

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    1. Re:They need to make a business case by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      " something wasn't working with linux/open source" that something was some higher ups didn't like the non-windows(TM) interface after MS lobbyists told them they don't like the non-windows interface. Fear mongering is the only choice left.

  2. I agree with the Green Party by FudRucker · · Score: 1, Insightful

    switching back to MS_Windows is only setting yourself up as a target for attack, stick with Linux, even with Linux if one distro is targeted it would be super easy to switch distros and still install the same applications built to run on another distro of Linux that is not targeted, so with Linux you have that strength too

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  3. For all the wrong reasons by iampiti · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If the green party is anything like similar parties here in Spain you'd expect them to be very nitpicky about what they use and to care about freedoms and such.
    So I've been really disappointed that the reasons they give to stay in Linux is "WannaCry", i.e. Virus and the like.
    I'd hope such a party would know and care about Windows 10's telemetry, publicity and user tracking. If even they don't know or care means that 99'9% of people don't and so Microsoft has no reason to change and then probably Windows will get worse and worse.
    It's a pity because i quite liked Windows until 7 and I'm unlikely to ever be able to get completely away from it.