__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 05 June 2006 14:02 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Tax authorities in Lower Saxony switch to Linux
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>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| According to a press release, 12,000 computers are affected. Since the
>>| end of April, all tax authorities have been involved in migration. By the
>>| end of September 2006, the desktop systems are all to be running on
>>| Linux except for telecommuters and servers.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/73772
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> Interesting to note that it's taken approximately 2 years to achieve
> this migration.
...Which was of course successful. Given the scale of the Munich migration,
the pace of migration is in probably in line with expectations.
Remember: you don't just migrate software and data. You migrate _skills_
(i.e. people's minds). Reversal to Windows is even more painful because too
much is lost (source code <-> customisation, scriptability, virtual
desktops, price goes up and so forth).
Best wishes,
Roy
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