I suspect I covered this study in a different context, but here it is again,
with a different point of focus.
German open-source takeup driven by cost
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| Around 47 percent of the 115 public administrations polled for the
| study Structural Change or Flash in the Pan? said they estimated
| cost savings potential of more than 50 percent by using open-source
| software. Nearly 60 percent said they planned to deploy open-source
| software as part of the medium or long-term IT strategy
|
| [...]
|
| In September, Munich began its migration to Linux on the desktop.
| The city switched the first 100 of its 14,000 PCs from Windows
| and Office applications to Linux and OpenOffice.
|
| Federal, state and local governments in Germany as well as other
| public agencies in the country have been considering Linux ever
| since the Federal Ministry of the Interior agreed in June 2002 to
| a partnership with IBM to supply computers with Linux at
| favourable conditions.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsID=7357&pagtype=all
Related:
Study: No Vista for majority of European businesses
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| More than half of European organizations have no plan to upgrade
| to Windows Vista, according to a Forrester survey.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6135429.html
Forrester: Consumers won't rush to Vista
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| Much has been made about the fact that businesses likely won't be
| in a hurry to upgrade to Windows Vista. But a report by Forrester
| Research Inc. suggests consumers won't stampede to purchase the
| new OS either.
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http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2218/061109vistarush/index.html
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