| Vienna to offer employees Linux desktops |
Aug. 11, 2004
According to an article in ComputerWorld, almost half of Vienna's city employees will be able to use Linux desktops by next year. By adding the choice of Linux for desktops, the Austrian city's information services chief Erwin Gillich is hoping to save money and "be less dependent on Microsoft," the article says.
Unlike Munich's high profile move to Linux, Vienna is moving to open source as part of a long term strategy and will not "rip out" the current infrastructure, the article says. Instead, Gillich plans to phase Linux in among experienced users first, over a longer transition period. Vienna will not be replacing all hardware and software as part of the strategy, and its plans call for recycling existing systems using Linux.
Since announcing they were examining Linux to address privacy concerns in 2002, Munich's move to Linux has been publicly chronicled each step of the way and has drawn the attention of executives from both sides of the fence. The move prompted Microsoft's Steve Ballmer to lobby Munich officials against the move, while Novell's Chris Stone endorsed the program on many occasions as "the poster child for the desktop Linux movement."
In June, the Munich city council ratified the decision to move to Linux following a year long pilot program.
Read the full ComputerWorld story
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