[dba-Tech] Migration to Linux

Hi Jim and Hans

It's not so. It's not black/white or blue/yellow. We do have a vivid Linux community.
You are making too wide conclusions or assumptions from my short answer to Jim's original question.

/gustav


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Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Hans-Christian Andersen
Sendt: 11. juni 2013 08:12
Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Migration to Linux

I love my home country, but it seems quite true that danes (and scandinavians in general) like to play it safe.

- Hans


On 2013-06-10, at 10:55 PM, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Gustav:
> 
> No wonder you and Shamil are so confident on the continued dominance 
> of Microsoft. Both your regions are solid MS OS enclaves.
> 
> It is not like that here, where there is a very mixed support for a 
> host of different products and operating systems.
> 
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav 
> Brock
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 5:18 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Migration to Linux
> 
> Hi Jim
> 
> No. Regarding desktops, Denmark is a Microsoft country - and a little Mac.
> Not 100%, of course, but still.
> 
> /gustav
> 
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> Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Jim 
> Lawrence
> Sendt: 10. juni 2013 09:24
> Til: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Emne: [dba-Tech] Migration to Linux
> 
> Hi All:
> 
> 
> 
> About ten years in the making Munich Germany has finally migrated 
> completely to Linux. Many other cities have been watching this unfold 
> and will be deciding which way to progress in the future.
> 
> 
> 
> http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/city-munich-migration-sustainable-desktop-completed-successfully
> 
> 
> 
> Can I assume Saint Petersburg and Copenhagen will be following suit, shortly? ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> Jim