In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.
The City of Munich will not start its migration to Linux on the desktop until 2006, a year later than planned and three years since it decided to migrate to Linux.
Munich has started to migrate to Linux on the desktop -- a year later than planned.
In the face of a possible IT migration disaster, it's always better to err on the side of caution.
Peter Hofmann, the project leader of the Linux migration in the City of Munich, code-named LiMux, told ZDNet UK on Tuesday what it feels like to become a star in the Linux world.
In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.
Former Ximian chief executive David Patrick, now a general manager at Novell, says the Office productivity suite is the key to breaking Microsoft's hold on the desktop.
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