[ubuntu-uk] local council

[alan c]

On 13/02/11 12:55, bodsda at googlemail.com wrote:
> At the council where I work, vendor lock in is not a concern at
> all, quite the opposite. One of the merits is that everything is
> likely to integrate without an issue. Sharepoint, exchange, ms
> office, ms sql all work together to deliver the service. You can't
> just replace MS office with LibreOffice and get the same service.
>
> I believe that the easiest solution to implement and see savings
> from are servers. My place for example has 5 DC's all doing 1 or 2
> roles. Replacing these with Linux based DHCP and DNS servers would
> save over £1000 in licensing fees
>
> The problem with trying to replace ms office is that many
> organisations will have a 5 year enterprise site license which they
> have paid for, so there is no cost to keep deploying and upgrading
> the office suite and therefore there is no reason to move to a free
> alternative.
>
> Bodsda Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

Mmm.
It probably takes 5 years to migrate anyway?
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alan cocks
Ubuntu user