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Story: Criticism mounts over Birmingham's Linux project

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Read the Report

The project was not a failure due to the OS distribution choice or because the choosen distribution did'nt work I've been told it was simply due to the business (Libraries) not wanting to implement a solution which they saw as a too big change for them, and more work, training for their library staff. The trial dogstar is on about was not the pilot but an initial trail run by libraries to see what the public prefered as the look and feel for the desktop. But Ubuntu (who clearly dogstar is an advocate of) was not chosen as the maturity of the distribution and official support was not proven.

I suggesst people read the report that was published for the Opwn Source Academy before making up their minds and placing blame.

http://opensourceacademy.gov.uk/solutions/casestudies/birminham-city-council

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