LiMux project moving again
News Munich's mayor has decided to push ahead with the LiMux project -- which will see 14,000 desktops migrate from Windows to Linux -- after it was suspended last week due to legal fears. Munich's mayor, Christian Ude, had frozen the planned call for...
[August 13, 2004, 16:00]
LiMux project moving again
Talkback Gotta Love these so-called 'analysts' who know little about Linux, less about Open Source and yet are so dead sure on the causation and motivation of a mayor in a city half a world away. Wow. Where can I get analysts like that?
[August 13, 2004, 20:23]
Munich's Linux plans attract international attention
News Peter Hofmann, the project leader of the Linux migration in the City of Munich, code-named LiMux, told ZDNet UK on Tuesday what it feels like to become a star in the Linux world. The next step for LiMux is the migration from Microsoft Office 97 and...
[October 26, 2004, 14:50]
Gartner: Patent issues aren't the only cause for Munich's Linux delay
News This decision came one-and-a-half months after the city officially announced the project, nicknamed LiMux. Shortly before publishing the call for tenders to procure the migration project, Munich's mayor and CIO stated that the city had decided to...
[August 12, 2004, 10:10]
Munich Linux migration delayed by 'PR stunt'
News Mueller, along with a few others, came up with the idea of the Green Party drafting written questions to the mayor of Munich, to ask about software patents and their impact on the Munich's Linux migration project, known as LiMux.
[March 29, 2006, 11:05]
Munich stalls Linux migration
News The planned call for bids on the 'LiMux project' -- due for next week -- has been stopped as Muelhaus feared that in the result of a patent clash, the city could be forced to pay for extra licensing fees or even shut down its IT systems.
[August 5, 2004, 15:05]
Munich decides to stick with Linux
News A roadmap for the 'LiMux' project, which will see 16,000 city employees change operating system, was developed by the two vendors but the government hasn't decided on whether to use it or not yet. Munich - the city whose switch to Linux was seen as...
[June 17, 2004, 14:30]
Munich picks its Linux distro
News Peter Hofmann, the project leader of the Linux migration, codenamed LiMux, said that he had received a large number of high-quality responses to the tender, which he believes shows that a commercial switch to Linux on the desktop is not an unusual...
[April 15, 2005, 15:45]
Linux champion Munich welcomes patent delay
News But by mid-August the LiMux project was moving again. 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...
[December 22, 2004, 16:10]
Munich's Linux migration 'on track'
Blog Strobel (who admits she's not a geek) also said she found the LiMux client easy to use, and Heise reports that other senior politicians are also impressed. Munich's much-scrutinised migration to Linux is going well, according to the city's mayor.
[October 31, 2006, 7:52]
Munich embraces Linux at last
News But the €30m project, dubbed LiMux, hit numerous delays after a dispute over software patents, extended contractual negotiations and a 12-month extension to the project pilot phase. The City of Munich has finally started to migrate to Linux on the...
[September 25, 2006, 17:30]
