A Google search shows many versions of this news with some actually saying that the decision to switch has already been made. Not so, according to another report at TechRepublic:
"Ditching Linux for Windows? The truth isn't that simple, says Munich"
http://www.techrepublic.com/ar...
What is certain for the moment is that a study will be made internally by the Munich city council, the new mayor and deputy mayor are in favour of Windows (and even MS fans) and reportedly instrumental in bringing the Microsoft German head office to Munich. The final decision will be made by the elected members of the council.
From the many comments on this piece of news at different sites, we can gather that Munich likely mishandled the process e.g. Limux (their version) is still at 10.04 which is really old and should have already been upgraded to 12.04 (used, for example, by Google and the French Police).
Munich migrated some 14,000 workstations to Linux while in complete contrast the French police have 37,000 workstations running their version called Gendbuntu (Gendarmerie + Ubuntu) and their plans are that by the end of this summer to have it running on 72,000 workstations.
http://ostatic.com/blog/french...
The French police also claim they have saved 40% on the total cost of operation using Linux.
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/co...
It's just aggravatiing the problem, not just for the US but also for the whole world. In the minting process, the US could very likely lose much goodwill and trust as a responsible member of the global community. Imagine, if you will, a million (or more) trillion-dollar coins sloshing around the financial system of the US and the whole world.
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A Google search shows many versions of this news with some actually saying that the decision to switch has already been made. Not so, according to another report at TechRepublic: "Ditching Linux for Windows? The truth isn't that simple, says Munich" http://www.techrepublic.com/ar... What is certain for the moment is that a study will be made internally by the Munich city council, the new mayor and deputy mayor are in favour of Windows (and even MS fans) and reportedly instrumental in bringing the Microsoft German head office to Munich. The final decision will be made by the elected members of the council. From the many comments on this piece of news at different sites, we can gather that Munich likely mishandled the process e.g. Limux (their version) is still at 10.04 which is really old and should have already been upgraded to 12.04 (used, for example, by Google and the French Police). Munich migrated some 14,000 workstations to Linux while in complete contrast the French police have 37,000 workstations running their version called Gendbuntu (Gendarmerie + Ubuntu) and their plans are that by the end of this summer to have it running on 72,000 workstations. http://ostatic.com/blog/french... The French police also claim they have saved 40% on the total cost of operation using Linux. https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/co...
It's just aggravatiing the problem, not just for the US but also for the whole world. In the minting process, the US could very likely lose much goodwill and trust as a responsible member of the global community. Imagine, if you will, a million (or more) trillion-dollar coins sloshing around the financial system of the US and the whole world.