[TriLUG] ROI moving gov to Linux?

[Charles Fischer via TriLUG]

I think Apple used one of the BSDs for their Mac OS, not Linux.  Small nit
pick.

As for moving to FOSS, I would pick expensive back office software to
replace first.  Why anybody starts a project with Microsoft's SQL is beyond
my capability to understand.  There are at least three open source
databases that can replace Microsoft SQL.  I would also go after most if
not all of the Microsoft Servers.  Expect a lot of push back from those who
only know Microsoft.  Expect help from those who run Linux at home.

Good luck,
Charles Fischer


On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 1:23 PM via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> 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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