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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's pro-Linux, Green Party alderman Jens Muehlhaus has spotted 50 potential patent problems.
[August 5, 2004, 15:05]
Munich Linux Migration Slips To 2006
Talkback Look how hard it is for Munich to stop using our software they will claim, forgetting of course that that's actually the problem. Of course Microsoft are going to revel in this news. As a long time, desktop Linux user I'm confident that moving to...
[September 5, 2005, 23:55]
Munich Stalls Linux Migration
Talkback Its annoying to see such business and admin type of issues pausing Munich's Linux migration as these have nothing to do with Linux yet will probably help deter others from following suit and saving communities a lot of money which could be better...
[August 6, 2004, 14:41]
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]
Autodesk Case Study: Munich Airport, Germany
White Papers In the form of a co-operation project, the airports of Munich and Stuttgart decided to replace their current system with a solution based upon AutoCAD Map and Autodesk. AutoCAD Map and Autodesk MapGuide are used in a series of departments at the...
[February 14, 2006, 23:00]
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]
Munich Deal Boosts Desktop Linux
News The local government in Munich, Germany, has voted to move 14,000 computers from Microsoft's Windows to the rival Linux operating system, despite efforts by the software giant to hang onto the multimillion-dollar contract.
[May 29, 2003, 8:14]
Munich's Linux Plans Attract International Attention
Talkback The Munich change-over project has attracted critisism (escpecially but not surprisingly from Microsoft sponsored media) due to the so-far small probelms they have had on the way. It is something almost inherent with such large projects that...
[October 27, 2004, 13:51]
Munich Airport Manages ITIL-Based IT Infrastructure Using BMC
White Papers Munich Airport is a leader in German air transportation. Munich Airport was looking to integrate its IT and call management on a standardized platform. It is one of the fastest-growing hubs in Europe and the world, with domestic flights already...
[January 18, 2007, 23:00]
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. Munich's migration to Linux has had a turbulent history.
[October 26, 2004, 14:50]
Munich Picks Its Linux Distro
Talkback I think Munich headed in the right direction. There is a *world* of user support, it is stable, package management is superb. The install is not graphical wizz bang point and click, but is not all that tough.
[April 15, 2005, 23:42]
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]
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. Mueller, along with a few others, came up with the idea of the...
[March 29, 2006, 11:05]
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. Munich's migration from Microsoft Windows NT to Linux on the desktop was given final...
[April 15, 2005, 15:45]
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]
Munich's Linux Migration 'on Track'
Blog Munich's much-scrutinised migration to Linux is going well, according to the city's mayor. Christine Strobel told Heise Online that eighty percent of desktops will have moved from Windows to Linux by 2008.
[October 31, 2006, 7:52]
Munich's Linux Plans Attract International Attention
Talkback As such Munich's case is interesting as it is a concerted, documented and complex effort of migration involving users at all levels - meaning it is a first for a 'real-world' Linux. 40 users isn't 14000.
[October 27, 2004, 11:33]
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]
Novell EDirectory Unifies University Of Munich
White Papers With more than 50 locations scattered throughout the country, the University of Munich depends on the open exchange of information and real-time secure access to ensure consistency throughout the entire organization.
[March 14, 2004, 23:00]
The Großhadern-Innenstadt Clinic Of The University Of Munich Relies On The Powerful PRIMEPOWER Servers
White Papers The clinic of the University of Munich, which was formed in 1999 from clinics in both Großhadern and the city center (Innenstadt), has more than 60 specialists who look after the IT systems at these two sites.
[September 16, 2004, 0:00]
