Mark Breen
marklbreen at gmail.com
Mon Oct 6 03:39:45 CDT 2014
On a small scale, I have a customer with about 20 machines, she switched 8 - 10 to Ubuntu a few months ago and loves it. When she gives a new person a machine, she just re-installs from a USB and thats it, a fresh, new machine. On 4 October 2014 02:44, Hans-Christian Andersen <hans.andersen at phulse.com> wrote: > The way I see it is that it has become a political issue. Plenty of > governments have made the switch without issue, but, once you get a > pro-Microsoft person in charge or high up in the decision making process, > you can very easily and quickly get Nokia'ed. > > Since we are talking about a government here, I wonder if there might be a > discussion of corruption involved here. Either way, I would not be > surprised if mayor Dieter Reiter finds himself a very comfortable job at > Microsoft once he's done being mayor. > > - Hans > > > > On Oct 3, 2014, at 6:36 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > > > > Hi All: > > > > To my way of thinking it does not matter which way a user goes. > > > > The only questions are; one, do the applications handle the data > properly, two, are the application reliable and three, probably the least > important; how much does this cost to implement. > > > > I have heard various views on whether Munich will switch or not. Some > have said it is possible and some say never. It is mostly because the > Windows and Ubuntu Linux data and file management are so compatible that a > user could easily switch back and forth with relative ease. I do it all the > time... > > > > Jim > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" <mcp2004 at mail.ru> > > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > > Sent: Friday, October 3, 2014 3:25:42 AM > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] After a 10-year Linux migration, Munich > considers switching back to Windows and Office > > > > Yes, I do. > > > > > > Wed, 1 Oct 2014 13:38:15 -0700 from Hans-Christian Andersen < > hans.andersen at phulse.com>: > >> Munich deputy mayor, Josef Schmid, and mayor, Dieter Reiter > >> < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Reiter >, considering going back > to > >> Windows due to productivity problems. Munich city council spokesman > Stefan > >> Hauf explained that the majority of issues stem from compatibility > issues > >> in OpenOffice < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice >, something a > switch > >> to LibreOffice < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice > could > solve. In > >> addition, the city council and Karl-Heinz Schneider, head of municipal > IT > >> services, said that most of things are fine, they saved €10 million > (more > >> than US$13 million), and there is no serious reason to come back. > Microsoft > >> wants to move German headquarters to Munich in 2016, helped by Reiter > who > >> describes himself as a "Microsoft fan". > >> > >> Microsoft wants to move German headquarters to Munich in 2016, helped by > >>> Reiter who describes himself as a "Microsoft fan". > >> > >> > >> Hmmmmm... > >> > >> Got one of your pro-Microsoft sleeper agents embedded in the Munich > >> government, have you Shamil? :p > >> > >> - Hans > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> *Hans-Christian Andersen**Web Application Developer, Vancouver, Canada* > >> > >> > >> E: hans at phulse.com > >> T: +44 (0)20 7193 7841 > >> L: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/andersenhc > >> http://www.nokenode.com/ > >> > >> *Unique Gifts, Collectables, Artwork* > >> *Come one, come all to.... * www.corinnajasmine.com > >> > >> > >> > >>> On 1 October 2014 13:09, Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru > > wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi All -- > >>> > >>> FYI: " > >>> After a 10-year Linux migration, Munich considers switching back to > >>> Windows and Office" > >>> > >>> > >>> > http://www.zdnet.com/after-a-10-year-linux-migration-munich-considers-switching-back-to-windows-and-office-7000032714/ > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Салахетдинов Шамиль > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> dba-Tech mailing list > >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dba-Tech mailing list > >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >