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Munich Linux migration delayed by 'PR stunt'
News Software patent campaigner Florian Mueller revealed this week that the City of Munich's decision to stall its Linux migration, was the result of a PR stunt by anti-patent campaigners. A few days later, Mueller was made aware of an email sent to the...
[March 29, 2006, 11:05]
Microsoft: Linux debate needs to be 'more rational'
News Microsoft has dismissed high-profile European government defections to Linux, such as the city of Munich, but admitted Europe will be a key battleground in the ongoing Windows versus Linux war. His effort failed and after a year-long trial, the...
[June 30, 2004, 15:50]
Munich stalls Linux migration
News The city of Munich's 14,000-desktop switch from Windows to Linux has been put on ice while legal issues are settled. Munich has taken the lead in public sector Windows-to-Linux switches and was followed by Norway's second city, Bergen, last month.
[August 5, 2004, 15:05]
Gartner: Patent issues aren't the only cause for Munich's Linux delay
News On 4 August 2004, the City of Munich decided to postpone its program to migrate 14,000 desktops from Microsoft's Windows operating system to an open-source offering based on Linux. Shortly before publishing the call for tenders to procure the...
[August 12, 2004, 10:10]
Automation of SAN Management Drives Immediate ROI With VERITAS CommandCentral Storage Software From Symantec
White Papers As one of the most prominent promoters of Open Source technology, the City of Munich has made headlines worldwide with its planned client migration from Microsoft Windows-based servers to Linux-based servers.
[August 29, 2006, 0:00]
Munich picks its Linux distro
News The City of Munich has chosen to migrate its 14,000 desktops to a free Linux distribution, rather than a commercial version of the open source operating system. The City of Munich is not the only government organisation to chose Debian.
[April 15, 2005, 15:45]
Linux champion Munich welcomes patent delay
News The mayor of German city Munich has welcomed the EU Council's failure to ratify a directive that could allow the widespread patenting of software in Europe, as the city had been concerned that software patents could scupper its plans to migrate to...
[December 22, 2004, 16:10]
Munich Linux migration slips to 2006
News The City of Munich will not start its migration to Linux on the desktop until 2006, a year later than planned and three years since it decided to migrate to Linux. Employees at the city administration have had a mixed response to the news that...
[September 5, 2005, 17:15]
Paris eyes open-source switch
News On the strength of an earlier Unilog study, Munich agreed to migrate thousands of desktops from Windows to the open-source operating system Linux. The three-month study will review the 17,000 PCs used by the French capital's administration...
[February 12, 2004, 12:35]
Paris offered Microsoft discount
News It's a tactic that bore no fruit in Munich when the German city government opted for open-source software on 14,000 desktops earlier this month. The overhaul could well have prompted the city to look towards Munich, which, following a study from...
[June 30, 2004, 13:40]
Munich deal boosts desktop Linux
News Microsoft had fought hard to retain the business, offering deals and discounts, with chief executive Steve Ballmer interrupting a ski holiday in Switzerland to pay a personal visit to Munich's mayor about the issue, the city said.
[May 29, 2003, 8:14]
Who's in charge of IT in London?
News While European cities such as Paris, Munich and Bergen in Norway have appointed chief information officers and chief technology officers, London has no one individual with over-arching responsibility for implementation of technology according to...
[July 6, 2004, 17:05]
mycitymate Berlin Guide + Audio (SE P800-P910i)
Downloads Now you can get the mycitymate mobile city guide to Munich. On top of all the essential data such as addresses, phone numbers and short descriptions of each venue, users get some 15 minutes of professionally produced audio guides to be most popluar...
[July 18, 2005, 8:00]
Munich decides to stick with Linux
News Munich - the city whose switch to Linux was seen as so significant it attracted a personal visit from Steve Ballmer - has announced that its year-long trial has proved a success and the local government is sticking with open source for its desktops.
[June 17, 2004, 14:30]
Migrating to desktop Linux? Take a look at Norway
News There is the city of Munich. Yes, we lost the city of Munich. Now, Munich is Munich. The public sector has been braver, with numerous organisations including government departments in Paris, Munich and Singapore making aggressive migration plans...
[December 30, 2004, 12:55]
User acceptance 'key' in desktop Linux migrations
News Hofmann also said that employees at the city administration have had a mixed response to the news that Munich is migrating to Linux. Armbruster claimed that the lack of user engagement is one of the main problems that has caused the delay in Munich...
[November 30, 2005, 11:05]
Open standards push Mannheim to Linux
News Microsoft is probably very happy about the project in Munich because of its problems," he says. Armbruster thinks that the lack of user engagement is one of the main problems that has caused the delay in Munich's migration to open source desktops.
[November 29, 2005, 17:15]
Ballmer wants $100 PCs to combat piracy
News One exception is the city of Munich, Germany, which is planning a widespread Linux installation, Ballmer admitted. Yes, we lost the city of Munich. Munich councillors said last month that the city was finally ready to proceed with its Linux...
[October 21, 2004, 12:05]
Munich embraces Linux at last
News The City of Munich has finally started to migrate to Linux on the desktop, a year later than planned. Munich was first tempted to open source after an evaluation by IBM and Suse — the latter eventually losing out in the tender process.
[September 25, 2006, 17:30]
Norway's second city embraces Linux
News In a move that echoes an earlier high-profile migration by the German city of Munich, authorities in the Norwegian city of Bergen have opted to replace existing core Windows and Unix systems with Linux.
[June 15, 2004, 15:15]
