A List of Linux Migration Stories? 68
borfast asks: "From time to time, I read about schools, cities, states or countries that decided to switch their operating systems to Linux for a number of reasons. The latest was the city of Munich. I'm currently preparing a presentation to do on local schools about Free Software and its advantages (and disadvantages) in government and education, and I'd like to show some examples of what I'll be saying to those folks. Not that I consider myself an authority on the subject but you know the saying, 'In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king'. Anyway, I have been collecting all the stories (both positive and negative) I find but I'd really appreciate it if the Slashdot crowd could give me a hand, here. Due credit will be given and the presentation will be posted online under a Free license. So, what Linux migration nightmares or cotton-candy dreams do you know about, and do you know any site that collects these stories?"
google (Score:3, Informative)
AutoZone
Burlington Coat Factory
Cisco/Linksys
City of Vienna information services
Daimer/Chrysler
Disney
Ernie Ball Guitars
Google
IBM
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Merrill Lynch
Mexico City municipal government
Pixar Animation
Papa John's Pizza
Raymour & Flanigan Furniture
Riverdale High School, Portland, Oregon
St. Mary's School, Rockledge, Florida
University of Oslo
US Air Force
You might not get all the details, but it might send you in the right direction.
50 stories (Score:3, Informative)
I gave a presentation on Free Software / Open Src. (Score:2, Informative)
Venezuela[1], Brazil[2], Extremadura and other regions of Spain[3], New Zealand[6], Bulgaria & Madeconia[4], and China[5], India. Development is often a worldwide effort, much like academic research.
For example, while I have only done a little FLOSS development, I've never met any of my collaborators in person.
Thailand Cities: Vienna, Munich, Geneva, Bergen[7]. Peru, Paris:almost.
[1] http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-0
[2] http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=26006 [ipsnews.net]
[3] http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8485 [linuxjournal.com] - Good Read.
[4] http://www.foss.bg/news.php?id=2 [www.foss.bg]
[5] http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20031117S001
[6]
[7] http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/10/13/t13_2.php [iht.com]