____/ Richard Rasker on Monday 10 December 2007 23:12 : \____
>
>
http://www.elsevier.nl/nieuws/internet_en_gadgets/artikel/asp/artnr/183201/index.html
>
> English translation:
>
> "Linux may replace Windows in Amsterdam
>
> Monday, December 10th, 2007, 3:02 PM
>
> In a few years' time, Amsterdam city officials and civil servants most
> probably will no longer work with Windows. A trial has shown that Open
> Source Linux software performs better.
> This according to an article in Het Parool [a major Dutch newspaper].
> Researchers found that Open Source Linux software "better meets
> predetermined criteria than the current closed source workplace".
> Amsterdam initiated the trial in order to end the dependency on a
> monopolist's products, such as Microsoft's.
>
> Trial
> Patent-free Linux software can be adapted to users' desires. For instance,
> programmers can relatively easily add or alter functionality. In Windows,
> this is possible only with Microsoft's consent, and for a fee. Linux is
> free.
>
> According to Het Parool, the city council spends one million euro on a
> trial called Open Amsterdam, to research the possibilities. During this
> trial, an assessment is made to what extent a migration to Linux is
> feasible.
>
> Action plan
> So far, the trial shows that Open Software offers a more extensive
> fuctionality and better interoperability with other applications. In the
> second half of 2008, the council intends to make a final decision with
> regard to a possible migration, writes the newspaper.
>
> The Dutch government too has shown interest in Open Source software. This
> week, secretary of state Frank Heemskerk (PvdA) of the Ministry of
> Economic Affairs has talks with a governmental commission about an action
> plan of the public sector with regard to Open Software."
>
> Wow! Apparently, our civil servants are smart guys and gals, and not part of
> the sleepwalking herds who blindly follow a convicted monopolist up
> One Microsoft Way any more.
>
> Richard Rasker
Who didn't see this coming? Similar situation in Italy and France. Microsoft
will bully (they call it 'lobby') very hard to prevent this.
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