Dump Microsoft, Use Linux to Save Money, U.K. Officials Suggest

“U.K. government staff suggested replacing Microsoft Corp.
operating systems on computers with free alternatives in response
to a call for ideas for Prime Minister David
Cameron’s cost-cutting drive.

“Cameron asked the 600,000 government workers last month to make
suggestions on saving money as his administration seeks to cut
Britain’s record budget deficit. Chancellor of
the Exchequer George Osborne today published a sample of the 56,000
submitted ideas, which including abandoning Microsoft, switching
office lights off and centralizing stationery procurement.”

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