A decade later, page 47 of this hefty council PDF declares that the system has received a “project acceptance certificate” and that “ the IT project is formally completed and … in regular operation.”The article doesn't say this, but likely installing the Linux desktop software and training the end users was the easiest part of the project. Back end applications typically have a lot of code that expects Windows-specific interactions - for example, custom web apps that only work with Internet Explorer. Changing these was very likely a major part of the effort.
The council's facts and figures page for the project says that as of May 2013 “15,000 jobs use free software such as Thunderbird and Firefox , 15,000 jobs use OpenOffice.org and the WollMux” while “14,000 jobs use the LiMux client”.
WollMux is Munich's set of extensions to OpenOffice that enable easier customisation of documents. LiMux is a client tailored to Munich council's needs.
Of course, now the new systems will be Mac friendly as well.
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"Free at last, free at last! Thank GNU Almighty, I'm free at last!"
Although I can't see German bureaucrats saying anything that emotional in public. Even in German.
Ah, music to my ears. Folks, you can get along nicely without Mr. Gates and his execrable software. I believe towns in Italy have begun to leave his thrall as well.
No Microsoft Office for my money, thank you, and no Windows as well.
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