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<p>The "compatibility" argument shows that effectively the product
with the biggest market share calls the shot. A lot of
corporations like the integration of Mail with MS Office, we
have no viable alternative for this yet.<br>
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<p>I still wonder whether tablet-compatibility also played a role
in the decision towards Windows 10?</p>
<p>I would also not be surprised if there was some "lobby"
decisions made or if it is more based on Bias.<br>
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<p>Axel <br>
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background-color:rgba(220,220,240,0.4); border-radius:3px;"> <b>Subject:</b>The
City Of Munich Now Wants To Abandon Linux And Switch Back to
Windows - Slashdot<br>
<b>From:</b>Wayne Mery <a href="mailto:vseerror@lehigh.edu"><vseerror@lehigh.edu></a><br>
<b>To:</b>Tb-planning <br>
<b>Sent: </b>Sunday, 12/02/2017 03:07:32 03:07 GMT ST +0000
[Week 7]<br>
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id="mid_26a1d4a5_9e2e_da7b_0e06_b6ac2c537be9_lehigh_edu"
cite="mid:26a1d4a5-9e2e-da7b-0e06-b6ac2c537be9@lehigh.edu"
type="cite">Not new news. But interesting regardless. A few
thousand Thunderbird seats.
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<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/02/11/1930217/the-city-of-munich-now-wants-to-abandon-linux-and-switch-back-to-windows">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/02/11/1930217/the-city-of-munich-now-wants-to-abandon-linux-and-switch-back-to-windows</a>
<br>
<br>
"The prestigious FOSS project replacing the entire city's
administration
<br>
IT with FOSS based systems, is about to be cancelled and
<br>
decommissioned," writes long-time Slashdot reader Qbertino.
TechRepublic
<br>
reports:
<br>
Politicians at open-source champion Munich will next week vote on
<br>
whether to abandon Linux and return to Windows by 2021. The city
<br>
authority, which made headlines for ditching Windows, will discuss
<br>
proposals to replace the Linux-based OS used across the council
with a
<br>
Windows 10-based client. If the city leaders back the proposition
it
<br>
would be a notable U-turn by the council, which spent years
migrating
<br>
about 15,000 staff from Windows to LiMux, a custom version of the
Ubuntu
<br>
desktop OS, and only completed the move in 2013...
<br>
<br>
The use of the open-source Thunderbird email client and
LibreOffice
<br>
suite across the council would also be phased out, in favor of
using
<br>
"market standard products" that offer the "highest possible
<br>
compatibility" with external and internal software... The full
council
<br>
will vote on whether to back the plan next Wednesday. If all SPD
and CSU
<br>
councillors back the proposal put forward by their party
officials, then
<br>
this new proposal will pass, because the two parties hold the
majority.
<br>
<br>
The leader of the Munich Green Party says the city will lose "many
<br>
millions of euros" if the change is implemented. The article also
<br>
reports that Microsoft moved its German headquarters to Munich
last year.
<br>
<br>
[see also
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article/linux-pioneer-munich-poised-to-ditch-open-source-and-return-to-windows/">http://www.techrepublic.com/article/linux-pioneer-munich-poised-to-ditch-open-source-and-return-to-windows/</a>
]
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