[TriLUG] ROI moving gov to Linux?

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Tim,

You would be fighting a lonely, uphill battle against entrenched forces. People don't like change and prefer to stick with the familiar. Some governments made the (enlightened) switch to Linux on Europe, e.g., Munich. Last I read, they are moving towards regressing to Micro$oft.

Curiously, some U.S. government agencies use FOSS, such as some congressional web sites and the Whitehouse under the previous administration. To save money. That is likely to be an easier path to take. 

Some U.S. libraries have embraced Linux.

Schools: if you were involved there, setting up a computer science program involving Linux development might be a good idea, latching on to the computer science wagon. 

Linux IS the world's most used, and invisible, OS: think embedded and Macs - under the hood.

Good luck on your run but don't base it on trying to convert the gov. to Linux. Saving money IS a good hook.
 

-- Roger Broseus
Pls excuse auto-correction induzed tiepos.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Jowers via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Wed, 05 Sep 2018 11:09 AM
Subject: [TriLUG] ROI moving gov to Linux?

Hi everyone,

  I agreed to run for Wake County commissioner for Eastern Wake County
(District 1).  One common question asks how to save money.

  Does anyone have an opinion on the government moving to Linux? Other FOSS?

Thanks,
Tim
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