..confident that the voluntary migration to WIENUX and OpenOffice.org will be a positiv experience. "we assume the number of people who will change to WIENUX will not exceed some hundred in the first year. Many will just watch how well it works, before they decide" means Lic. Engineer Gillich.
The move to Linux in Munich is on a massive sale, whereas in Vienna it is just a small experiment (some 100 users). The move to OpenOffice is not on a small scale though. OpenOffice will be installed on all computers in Vienna, not just the ones running WIENUX.
There is a response to this article by a Professor of Law from the University of Chicago (who holds a more moderate view about this -but nevertheless agrees to some of Lessigs view) here
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..confident that the voluntary migration to WIENUX and OpenOffice.org will be a positiv experience. "we assume the number of people who will change to WIENUX will not exceed some hundred in the first year. Many will just watch how well it works, before they decide" means Lic. Engineer Gillich.
The move to Linux in Munich is on a massive sale, whereas in Vienna it is just a small experiment (some 100 users). The move to OpenOffice is not on a small scale though. OpenOffice will be installed on all computers in Vienna, not just the ones running WIENUX.
There is a response to this article by a Professor of Law from the University of Chicago (who holds a more moderate view about this -but nevertheless agrees to some of Lessigs view) here