Sabi ko noong Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:37 AM: > In the short-term, no money was saved with the change-over. To the contrary, > the city had to absorb one-time upfront costs of 13 million Euros for the > Linux Munich “LiMux” project, which the city’s IT department describes as an > IT evolution, not a revolution, as some observers thought. According to vice > director Schießl, an upgrade of the then-existing Windows NT4 operating > system to Windows XP would have been as much as two million euros cheaper. > The change-over will make financial sense only after several years, by > avoiding the payment of on-going licensing fees.
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