Munich's switch to Linux has been thoroughly studied. Microsoft even hired a company to study whether the TCO of the switch was lower than running Linux . . . and naturally found that they would have been better off running Windows. That study was widely discredited though - it may some very strange assumptions, in addition to serious errors.
That's a complete switch to Linux though, from desktop to server, so it's not exactly comparable to going from a presumably mixed environment to purely Microsoft. While googling the Munich switch, I also ran across this Wikipedia list of Linux adopters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_adopters#Government I'm guessing reading further about these switches could provide useful information about TCO of LInux vs Microsoft. If the state is also considering switching to Microsoft also,would that go against VT's open source software policy from 2010? I'm not familiar with the details of the policy. Asa On Jun 14, 2013 6:39 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > I haven't done an analysis of whether they're comparable, either on the > basis of tech budget- or "computing horsepower per constituent served", but > UVM's central technology organization (ETS) deploys primarily on Linux with > commercial support. We are a mixed shop, certainly, but the preponderance > of ETS-managed servers run Linux. May even support a greater > "hp"-per-capita-per-dollar ratio than the City... > > > Cheers, > > -sth > > sam hooker | [email protected] | http://www.noiseplant.com > Morte infernorum raptor libri moriatur. > > On Jun 13, 2013, at 22:30, joe golden <[email protected]> wrote: > > > All, > > > > it has come to my attention that the city of Burlington is questioning > the value of non MS based systems and contemplating an all MS shop for the > city infrastructure and their webservers. There may be security or legal > reasons that they want to host sites themselves. > > > > Are there local organizations with a solid *nix infrastructure that the > city of Burlington can relate to that we can point to as Open Source > successes on the technological and financial fronts? As a Burlington > taxpayer, I appreciate that the city is trying to save $ and I suspect this > idea is coming in under the "cost savings" umbrella. > > > > In this analysis the licensing costs are only one consideration of many. > Other considerations might be > > > > * availability of sys admins > > * cost of sys administration in time and $ > > * skill set of current IT employees > > * system robustness, security and throughput > > * long term support > > * hardware costs and availability > > > > I know CCTV (Chittenden Community Television) is a Linux shop that > handles a lot of traffic and has a lot going on with it's tech dept. Where > are some other *nix success stories on a scale and budget of the City of > Burlington? > > > > Thanx all. > > -- > > Joe Golden /_\ www.Triangul.us /_\ Coding, Drupalism and Open Sourcery >
