[ubuntu-uk] Public library OS choice

[Simon Greenwood]

On 10 June 2013 22:54, Muñiz Piniella, Andrés <a75576 at alumni.tecnun.es>wrote:

> Hello all,
> I was hoping some of you could help me clear this up.
>
> My local library is one of the only libraries that is actually getting
> bigger in the near future. One of the improvements is that they are going
> to install some new computers. I asked if there was a chance of it being a
> good chance of installing on those computers something other than windows.
>
> The response I got was that the people's network was a government funded
> initiative and that they where not given the option of installing anything
> other windows.
>
> This is richmond upon Thames council. Is it the same for you?
>
> Anybody know about this?
>
> I was referred to the council info email.
>
There's a combination of issues with local authorities but generally it
boils down to support, and the organisations who run support services tend
to only support Windows and MS Office on the desktop irrespective of what's
running server side. My wife works for a school in Leeds who outsourced
their support to RM a few years ago, and despite RM's support for RiscOS
and early versions of Linux in the early days of school IT, they'll only
support Windows and OS X and only MS Office, despite the head's love of
Pages and Keynote. This is the way things are going to go as outsourcing
becomes the norm and unless councils find a good reason to adopt FLOSS (and
cost doesn't seem to be one, despite what we're told about making savings),
it isn't going to change.

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