[ubuntu-uk] Public library OS choice

[George Tripp]

>>  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.
> 
> Cost is one reason - it's more expensive to support a Linuxy desktop
> than a Windows one, generally, and by more than the cost of a heavily
> discounted Windows license.
> 
> Windows support is easier to find and Windows people are cheaper.
> 
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> Avi
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Having started my IT career a long (long) time ago I remember there used to be a saying "No one evers gets sacked for buying IBM". I think the same maxim applies these days if you substitute MS for IBM.

(Having said that I'd still happily sack them if I could!)

George