Munich drops Linux for Windows 10
Posted: 25 Nov 2017, 02:35
Munich has decided to revert their Linux and go back to Windows 10. There have been issues in communicating since most third parties run Windows. There also have been complaints about the Office packs which is somewhat strange since documents these days are kept in the cloud where Linux is dominant. Microsoft documents will work just fine in a Linux cloud. Microsoft's heavy lobbying has been successful. Putting their German head office in Munich might have helped too because it gives lots of tax money for the city. In many ways Microsoft will therefore pay for the transition back to Windows in the shape of taxes. So maybe this is more of a business decision rather than a technological one. | Munich will be finished with the Windows 10 rollout in 2020 and it will cost 50 Million Euros, It is also the end of life for Windows 10 in 2020 so the rollout will just finish when Windows 10 is not supported anymore. So Munich tax payers can look forward to a new expensive shift in 2020. This looks like a classical political decision: It is expensive and pointless The technology cannot catch up with politics. In terms of security and privacy Windows 10 is a disaster and Microsofts terms are that they can share whatever they want with third parties - these are the standard conditions that Munich must have accepted. Linux has lost a light tower in Munich. |