
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>CIty of Munich did 14,000 desktops and have been really successful,althouhg I believe the transition was a little bumpy</div><div><br></div><div>Frrench Gendarmarie, have taken 72,000 PC desktops to a spercialised Ubuntu distro.</div><div><br></div><div>http://www.zdnet.com/it-was-a-huge-risk-how-the-end-of-xp-support-helped-frances-gendarmes-embrace-ubuntu-fast-7000022030/</div><div><div style="font-size:100%"><br></div><div style="font-size:100%">IT is still very difficult to get folks to change howeverr! In the UK it still seems sadly that get GNU/Linux and OSS to the desktop is a big challenge.</div><div style="font-size:100%"><br></div><div style="font-size:100%"> </div><div style="font-size:100%">Rick Timmis<br>Abazander.com</div></div> <br>Paul Sutton <zleap@zleap.net> wrote:<br><br>If Munich can do it, so can others I guess<br><br>http://www.pcworld.com/article/2079800/switch-to-open-source-successfully-completed-city-of-munich-says.html<br><br><br>Paul<br><br>-- <br><br><br><br><br>--<br>http://www.zleap.net<br><br>http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911<br><br>Exeter Lug meet : 13th December 2013 - http://exeter.lug.org.uk/<br>Torbay Raspberry Pi Jam 14th December 2013 - http://dcglug.drogon.net/torbay-pi-jam/<br><br>I am committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable groups and expect any school or establishment I am involved with to share this commitment. <br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Exeter mailing list<br>Exeter@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/exeter<br> </body>