[TriLUG] ROI moving gov to Linux?

[Stephen Phillips via TriLUG]

I know Franklin Co Schools has fully embraced ChromeOS and deployed
chromebooks for every high school student. A lot cheaper than a comparable
apple or MS solution, and at the scale of Wake Co it would be a substantial
cost savings.

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 2:47 PM William Sutton via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> Apple leveraged NeXT for OSX:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS#Development
>
> William Sutton
>
> On Wed, 5 Sep 2018, Charles Fischer via TriLUG wrote:
>
> > 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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