Simon Greenwood wrote: > This is the way things are going to go as outsourcing becomes the > norm and unless councils find a good reason to adopt FLOSS (and cost > doesn't seem to be one, despite what we're told about making > savings), it isn't going to change.
Cost is one reason - it's more expensive to support a Linuxy desktop than a Windows one, generally, and by more than the cost of a heavily discounted Windows license. Windows support is easier to find and Windows people are cheaper. -- Avi -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/