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Go Munich to free software has been successfully completed
Go Munich to free software has been successfully completed
Administration of the German city of Munich has completed the long process of migration to free software. The decision to abandon the proprietary and very expensive programs Windows and Microsoft Office was made ten years ago. After the preparation of procedures and staff retraining the city began to translate the administrative offices from Windows NT to own distribution LiMux.
LiMux carries with it a completely ready-to-use desktop environment based on open source software, including free office software OpenOffice, which work with open format Open Document Format (ODF). This format has become the standard for the whole office in the city.
Munich - one of the first cities in Europe, which is completely switched to free software and thus save millions of euros from the city budget. As of November 2013 the total savings of the budget amounted to 11, 7 million euros, and every year the number will grow, because free software requires no annual license fees, and for an upgrade of the operating system every few years also did not have to pay.
"All the goals set for the project have been achieved and in some cases surpassed," - said in the official statement of the City Council. One of the goals was to upgrade 12,000 desktops to LiMux, but in the end the free operating system has been installed for 14 800 of 15 500 desktops, which are on the balance of the city administration
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Administration of the German city of Munich has completed the long process of migration to free software. The decision to abandon the proprietary and very expensive programs Windows and Microsoft Office was made ten years ago. After the preparation of procedures and staff retraining the city began to translate the administrative offices from Windows NT to own distribution LiMux.
LiMux carries with it a completely ready-to-use desktop environment based on open source software, including free office software OpenOffice, which work with open format Open Document Format (ODF). This format has become the standard for the whole office in the city.
Munich - one of the first cities in Europe, which is completely switched to free software and thus save millions of euros from the city budget. As of November 2013 the total savings of the budget amounted to 11, 7 million euros, and every year the number will grow, because free software requires no annual license fees, and for an upgrade of the operating system every few years also did not have to pay.
"All the goals set for the project have been achieved and in some cases surpassed," - said in the official statement of the City Council. One of the goals was to upgrade 12,000 desktops to LiMux, but in the end the free operating system has been installed for 14 800 of 15 500 desktops, which are on the balance of the city administration
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