From 6953f703fecb944a953e0735fd1769d2aa87f4eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DeadFire Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 00:00:21 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?20141017-4=20=E9=80=89=E9=A2=98=20wxy=20?= =?UTF-8?q?=E6=8E=A8=E8=8D=90=E9=80=89=E9=A2=98?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- ...dropping Linux and returning to Windows.md | 46 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100644 sources/tech/20141017 Munich sheds light on the cost of dropping Linux and returning to Windows.md diff --git a/sources/tech/20141017 Munich sheds light on the cost of dropping Linux and returning to Windows.md b/sources/tech/20141017 Munich sheds light on the cost of dropping Linux and returning to Windows.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3c41c2e39a --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/tech/20141017 Munich sheds light on the cost of dropping Linux and returning to Windows.md @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +Munich sheds light on the cost of dropping Linux and returning to Windows +================================================================================ +> **Summary**: The mayor of Munich has revealed that abandoning Linux and returning to Windows, after spending years moving away from Microsoft, would cost the German city millions of euros. + +The mayor of Munich has revealed the cost of reversing its move to Linux from Windows will run into millions of euros in hardware alone. + +Earlier this year the newly elected mayors of Munich raised the possibility the city could return to Windows, despite the authority having [spent years switching to a Linux-based OS and free software][1]. + +Munich's adoption of open source software continues to generate debate, as one of best known examples of a large organisation swapping Microsoft for Linux on the desktop. Since Munich began its migration in 2004, a number of German authorities have [followed a similar path][2]. + +No [return to using Windows as the main desktop OS is planned][3], but the council is intending to conduct a study to see which operating systems and software packages - both proprietary and open source - best fit its needs. The audit would also take into account the work already carried out to move the council to free software. + +Now in [a response to Munich's Green Party][4] the mayor Dieter Reiter has revealed the cost of returning to Windows. + +Reiter said that moving to Windows 7 would require the council to replace all the PCs for its 14,000-plus staff, a move he said would cost €3.15 million. That figure did not include software licensing and infrastructure costs, which Reiter said could not be calculated without further planning. He said a move to Windows 8 would be far more costly. + +Reiter said going back to Microsoft would mean writing off about €14m of work it had carried out to shift to [Limux][5], OpenOffice and other free software. Work on project implementation, support, training, modifying systems, licensing of Limux-specific software, on setting up Limux and migrating from Microsoft Office would have to be shelved, he said. + +He also revealed that the move to Limux had saved the council about €11m in licensing and hardware costs, as the Ubuntu-based Limux operating system was less demanding than if it had upgraded to a newer version of Windows. + +In the response Reiter addressed reports that he had told Stadtbild magazine that he was a Microsoft fan, saying his personal beliefs had no bearing on the IT audit. + +"Since my interview in Stadtbild in which I was portrayed as a Microsoft fan, I have received much correspondence about whether our IT can satisfactorily meet the needs of users at all times and whether it’s powerful enough for a modern metropolitan authority. + +"There are many aspects to this, one of which is the corresponding user satisfaction. It's not about my personal taste, nor my individual experiences with open source." + +Suggestions the decision to hold an audit was driven by complaints from staff about the shift to open source were not substantiated in Reiter's response. He said a workplace questionnaire had generated responses from staff relating to a range of IT issues and not just the Limux OS. + +He also addressed a question about the relative security and Windows and Linux-based OSes. Reiter referred to a recent study by the German national security agency BSI, which found that Linux had a higher number of vulnerabilities than Windows but a smaller proporition of critical ones. However, he added the comparison was open to interpretation. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: http://www.zdnet.com/munich-sheds-light-on-the-cost-of-dropping-linux-and-returning-to-windows-7000034718/ + +作者：[Avishek Kumar][a] +译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创翻译，[Linux中国](http://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]:http://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/uk/nick-heath/ +[1]:http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-munich-rejected-steve-ballmer-and-kicked-microsoft-out-of-the-city/ +[2]:http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/its-not-just-munich-open-source-gains-new-ground-in-germany/ +[3]:http://www.techrepublic.com/article/no-munich-isnt-about-to-ditch-free-software-and-move-back-to-windows/ +[4]:http://www.ris-muenchen.de/RII2/RII/DOK/ANTRAG/3456728.pdf +[5]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiMux \ No newline at end of file