...aaaand this: http://www.lffl.org/2016/11/emilia-romagna-e-brasile-dicono-addio-allopen-source.html
On Tue, 15 Nov 2016 at 20:26 Rafael Laguna <rafaellag...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes. But I was wrong. Not the OS, but the Office suite used. Here're some > links: > > > http://www.zdnet.com/article/huge-savings-prompt-italian-city-to-dump-openoffice-for-microsoft-after-four-years/ > > http://www.zdnet.com/article/another-italian-city-announces-its-ditching-microsoft-windows-for-open-source/ > > http://thevarguy.com/open-source-application-software-companies/091715/italian-government-ditch-microsoft-open-source-libreoffic > > Which is stupid. The "real reasons" were "lack of support". But we all > know you can buy support from Canonical or SuSE, and have access to > professional cloud services oriented to huge enterprises. But... as you > said, I guess this is something else. Like the strange contracts signed by > the Spanish Government with Microsoft Iberica (Spanish part of Microsoft, > obviously) for installing Windows on ALL ministries (you can see > everywhere: hospitals / healthcare, social, taxes, etc). > > Your thoughts? > > On Tue, 15 Nov 2016 at 15:20 Barry Titterton <titterton.ba...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On 15/11/16 06:55, Rafael Laguna wrote: > > Beautiful. > > Sadly Italy's government is coming back to Windows. Their OpenSource try > > was unsuccessful. > > > > :( > > > > Hi Rafael, > > Do you have a link to an english language review of the Italian > government's experience with open source? > > Munich is in the news at the moment so it would be interesting to hear > the experiences of another attempt at open source and why it failed. Was > it political meddling (as is happening in Bavaria), or purely technical > concerns, or a bit of both? > > Cheers, > Barry T > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > -- > > Rafael Laguna > > Graphics & UIX Design · www.rafaellaguna.net > > Lubuntu Artwork Team · Ubuntu Design Team > -- Rafael Laguna Graphics & UIX Design · www.rafaellaguna.net Lubuntu Artwork Team · Ubuntu Design Team
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