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After more than a decade of running Linux-based PCs, Munich's city council has decided to switch about 29,000 PCs to Windows 10. Back in 2003, the council decided to switch to a Linux-based desktop, which came to be known as LiMux, and other open-source software, despite heavy lobbying by Microsoft. But now Munich will begin rolling out a Windows 10 client from 2020 at a cost of about 50m.
Past surveys have found only a minority of staff wanted to return to Windows and Microsoft Office. However, there have been vocal critics of IT, with the human resources department saying productivity had "decreased notably" due to crashes and printing errors since moving to open-source software. One council insider with knowledge of the LiMux described the decision to TechRepublic as "tremendously disappointing," while another said it was "a disaster in terms of costs.”
Past surveys have found only a minority of staff wanted to return to Windows and Microsoft Office. However, there have been vocal critics of IT, with the human resources department saying productivity had "decreased notably" due to crashes and printing errors since moving to open-source software. One council insider with knowledge of the LiMux described the decision to TechRepublic as "tremendously disappointing," while another said it was "a disaster in terms of costs.”