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Vienna Hobbles Open-Source Migration
Jun 6, 2008, 12 :45 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (6054 reads)

(Other stories by Matthew Broersma)

"In a setback for the City of Vienna's three-year-old open-source migration programme, city authorities decided on Wednesday to scrap most of the systems that have so far adopted the city's custom-built Linux distribution, instead approving an €8m migration to Windows Vista.

"The Vienna district council on Wednesday formally approved a budget of €8m (£6.3m [US$12.5m]) for migrating Windows 2000 systems to Vista and Office 2007, according to a report from Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), the Austrian national public service broadcaster..."

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The City of Vienna & Open Source: A Fuzzy-Logic Story(Feb 28, 2008)
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The Register: Vienna Goes Oh! for Open Source(Nov 22, 2005)
ZDNet UK: Vienna Starts Desktop Linux Migration(Jul 06, 2005)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
The city of Vienna has bought a 'lea ...   And (one of the) the reasons is?   
Rainer Weikusat
Jun 6, 2008, 13:30:52
 
I would like to know just how much "Open ...   Well...   
GH
Jun 6, 2008, 13:57:28
 
> The city of Vienna has bought a 'l ...   Re: And (one of the) the reasons is?   
barney
Jun 6, 2008, 17:29:15
 
as long as they have so much extra taxes ...   they have to spend tax $   
Fred Williams
Jun 6, 2008, 18:59:18
 
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