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ZDNet UK: Germans Linux Migration Not Taxing Decision

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 9, 2006

“The tax authority in Lower Saxony, Germany is migrating 12,000
desktops to SuSE Linux and the open source KDE desktop.

“The project, which is moving the taxmen’s PCs onto open
software, is ‘one of the most important in the history of IT’ at
the office, according to the regional tax office in Hanover. The
systems are moving from Solaris x86 version 8, which the
organisation has been running since 2002…”

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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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