Bergen puts Linux plan on hold
Two years ago, Norway's second-largest city hit the headlines when it announced it would move all its 15,000 civil servants and 36,000 teachers and students to Linux, moving away from Microsoft's proprietary software.
But while the city currently runs Linux on its servers, the plan to migrate PCs to Linux has been put on hold. Director of Competition and development Lars Tveit said the city will only use Linux where it makes sense. "An exaggerated belief in Linux can make you lose your focus and might harm other important tasks," he said.
Instead, the city will stick with Microsoft. "We use Microsoft and we have no plans to throw it out. It will be too costly to train all our users in a new system," Tveit said.
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