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The Techsploder: Norwegian ‘Linux Showcase’ Kills Tux Migration

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 30, 2006

“Bergen Council in Norway made headlines in 2004 when it
announced that it would rip out HP/UX servers and Microsoft Windows
desktops in favour of Novell/SuSE Linux. It was meant to be one of
the largest Linux migration projects in Europe, with over 50,000
users.

“The idea was to provide a cost-effective IT infrastructure and
avoid single-vendor lock-in, according to then Bergen Council IT
manager, Janicke Runshaug Foss…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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