On Dec 5 2003, MJ Ray wrote:
Some UK councils are moving over. The most high profile migration in progress is probably SuSE's work with Nottingham City Council. There's a press release that's more like an article at http://www.suse.de/en/company/press/press_releases/archive03/nottingham_city...
A brilliant example of the way that OSS can be used to a) reduce costs long term and b) actually do a job *better* than propriatory solutions. I think any organisation that uses propriatory software on servers really must be a bit mental, these days. With more success stories like this, OSS will get more of a foothold in the consciousness of those behind IT policy in these organisations - I think a snowball effect would be highly likely: word would soon spread, especially about the cost savings. You never know, Linux might even end up on council office desktops!
and it featured in GLU&D issue 31 (SCO Erupts cover). I can't see it online, but I can drop a copy of the article to you if you want.
That would be interesting - maybe bring it to the KL meet in the New Year?
Dave