Munich looks to ditch its Linux infrastructure and bring back Windows

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a few years ago Munich Germany switched all of its municipal computers to Linux. It was a noble experiment, and now they want to go back to Windows.

 

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"THE GERMAN city of Munich, which became an open source bastion when it abandoned Microsoft Windows in favour of a version of Linux, looks set to reverse the decision returning it systems to Microsoft by 2020.

 

The city authority only made the change in 2013 migrating 1,500 municipal staff to a custom version of Ubuntu called Limux.

 

Cross-party officials have stated that they wish to see a Windows 10 client reinstated by 2021 at the latest. The proposal also implies that open source software such as Thunderbird and LibreOffice would be replaced by what it refers to as "industry standard", suggesting Microsoft Office.

 

"In the transitional period, departments and business units can use this newly developed Windows-based client with standard products or can continue using a mixed client architecture of Windows and Linux depending on their individual circumstances," says the proposal.

 

The news comes a mere eight months after a Munich councillor told the INQUIRER that there were no plans to move back to Windows."

 

The rest of the article with much more is here:

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3004512/munich-looks-to-ditch-its-linux-infrastructure-and-bring-back-windows

 

Councillor Sabine Pfeiler told INQ: "Our letter 'Notebooks und Tablets für den alltäglichen Gebrauch tauglich machen!' was not aimed to criticise the use of Linux in Munich.