SearchEnterpriseLinux: Lessons from Munich: Spotlight, Poor Planning Slow Migration

[ Thanks to Mark Brunelli for this link. ]

"Companies thinking about migrating from Windows to Linux on the desktop can learn a thing or two from the city of Munich, Germany.

"The city recently announced that its mass migration from Windows to Linux on the desktop, and accompanying plans to switch from Microsoft Office to the OpenOffice.org personal productivity suite, will take at least six months longer than expected..."

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