Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: flatfish+++ Newsgroups: alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Munich city planning to move back to Windows and Office from open-source software Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:01:11 -0500 Lines: 50 Message-ID: References: <20775a928fb0a359afd0f7e14deadd98@anemone.mooo.com> Reply-To: flatfish@linuxmail.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net LJVCKezVAiteseJwfyNULAXPCCo6iVptsMpAopQOS8kE5X5iw3 Cancel-Lock: sha1:YoG1kgleXvyLwmdHfz6AupcVViQ= User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.84 Xref: csiph.com alt.privacy.anon-server:54563 alt.comp.os.windows-10:29833 comp.os.linux.advocacy:381190 comp.sys.mac.system:97055 On Fri, 18 Nov 2016 09:53:15 -0500, Silver Slimer wrote: > On 2016-11-18 9:41 AM, flatfish+++ wrote: >> On Fri, 18 Nov 2016 09:21:53 -0500, Silver Slimer wrote: >> >>> On 2016-11-18 8:45 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote: >>>> On 18/11/2016 9:08 PM, Silver Slimer wrote: >>>>> >>>>> LiMux is a Munich-made Linux distribution for their own specific needs. >>>>> I don't know if it's available to everyone but if China's version of >>>>> Linux is, I can't imagine why this one wouldn't be. However, I like the >>>>> way you described the "Linux desktop." >>>> >>>> Their problems have nothing to do with Linux. Their way of working and >>>> doing things are *TIGHTLY* tied to Micro$oft Office. :) >>> >>> Which is fairly stupid. I imagine that there are certain office >>> functions which only exist in Microsoft Office and not in LibreOffice >>> but I doubt that they are that numerous. I also imagine that some >>> employees might complete work at home in Microsoft Office and find >>> incompatibility issues when they bring it in to work in LibreOffice but >>> I doubt that the results are THAT bad after conversion. >>> >>> Of course, I only really use Word. >> >> Betting on Linux is like betting on the 3 legged horse at the Kentucky >> Derby. >> It's a sure loser. >> >> The only ones who gained from this Munich Linux Migration are the >> people who milked it for 13 years and lined their own pockets with >> money. >> It was doomed from the start. > > In their position, I would stick to Linux and hire the right support > staff or developers to improve the software to meet everyone's needs. > After all, if they are no longer paying for licenses, they should have > enough money to hire the people necessary to make a lower quality > product acceptable to everyone. If they're not willing to do that, > Microsoft becomes the only way to go. I think there is more to the story. There has to be. I suspect they are having problems with documents and processes transferring with other parts of the government and so forth that they have to deal with. -- flatfish+++ mariana trench