[plug] [link] German city drops Windows for Linux

[Leon Brooks]

    http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=741538

    SCHWÄBISCH HALL, A community of 36,000 in southern Germany, plans to
    build its entire IT infrastructure on the open source Linux operating
    system, replacing Windows from Microsoft Corp.

    The local government has decided to deploy Linux software supplied by
    SuSE Linux on servers from IBM and up to 400 PCs, SuSE Linux said
    Tuesday in a statement. The government is targeting an initial cost
    savings of more than $102,300, according to the statement.

    In addition to cost savings, the city government expects Linux-based
    IT infrastructure to provide greater security and interoperability
    with other systems, the city's mayor, Hermann-Josef Pelgrim, said in
    the statement.

Cheers; Leon