1. Amsterdam Set to Test Linux on Its Desktops.
- Author
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Sayer, Peter
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OPEN source software , *LINUX operating systems , *INDUSTRIAL management , *COST effectiveness , *COMPUTER software , *INTELLECTUAL cooperation - Abstract
The article reports on the plan of the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands to test open-source software on desktop computers in two municipal departments on the first half of 2007. According to the city, it does not plan to fully phase out the use of proprietary software, and that the testing would be expected to lead to cutbacks in the scope of its current desktop software contract with Microsoft Corp. A city spokesman disclosed that Linux will be run on their desktop PC's during the first open-source tests.
- Published
- 2007