LiMux
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LiMux is a project in Munich for migrating 14,000 personal computers and laptops of public employees to free software. With 16,000 users, LiMux is the largest[citation needed] deployment of Linux and OpenOffice.org in the public sector so far, and this symbolic value turned it into one of the world’s highest profile migration projects[citation needed].
LiMux is also the name of the Linux distribution being used for the project. LiMux is the first Linux-based workplace certified for industry use (ISO 9241) by the TÜV IT, Technical Service, Germany[1]. It is based on Debian.
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[edit] Goals
The migration project in Munich is ongoing and not a hard switch to free software on every desktop. The main goal is to achieve more independence from software distributors, concerning client/server and native client software. The decision in 2003 had two components, on the one hand to get free software running on most of the desktops, and on the other hand to buy and develop web-based and platform independent (e.g. Java-based) business applications.
[edit] Timeline
- May 28, 2003 - The city council of Munich votes to go ahead with planning.[1] (From the press release: Until spring 2004, a detailed concept of implementation and migration will be developed. Based on the results of this evaluation, the city council will decide how the migration to Linux will take place.[2])
- June 16, 2004 - The city council votes 50-29 in favor of migrating and to start an open competitive bidding within months.[3][4]
- August 5, 2004 - The project is temporarily halted, due to legal uncertainties concerning software patents.[5][6]
- April 28, 2005 - Debian is selected as a platform, over top candidate Novell SUSE.[7]
- September 6, 2005 - It is decided that the project needs an additional one year pilot test, and migration slips one year.[8]
- September 22, 2006 - The "soft" migration begins, one year behind original schedule.[9]
- March 2008 1,000 out of 14,000 have migrated to the Limux environment (7%), in addition 6000 workstations have OpenOffice.org 2.x installed on windows and more than 90% have Firefox 1.5.x and Thunderbird 1.5.x installed on Windows clients. [10]
- The migration of 80 percent of the users is expected to be complete late-2008 to mid-2009[citation needed].
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[edit] References
- ^ Munich breaks with Windows for Linux. News.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
- ^ Munich to Use Linux. Center for Digital Government. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
- ^ Limux – the IT-Evolution. IDABC. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
- ^ Microsoft Loses Munich Contract for 14,000 PCs to Linux Program. Bloomberg. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
- ^ Munich halts biggest-ever Linux migration. News.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
- ^ Patent fears halt Munich Linux migration. The Register. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
- ^ Debian wins Munich Linux deal. News.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
- ^ Munich's Linux migration slips to 2006. News.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
- ^ Munich fires up Linux at last. News.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.
- ^ Florian Schießl, deputy project manager (2008-03-10). The first year Limux in Munich.
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