Latest information of Linuxaid.com.cn: According to overseas media reports, the Vienna government considers 7,500 sets of Linux in the 16,000 desktop workstation next year. Erwin Gillich, the supervisor of the city information construction, revealed the above information, and said that this test phase has been continued until 2006.
Vienna also became another important member in the European Linux trend. Unlike the replacement of all Munich, Vienna intends to use more secure and gentle ways. It is expected that the city will spend $ 1.3 million in the next five years. Another difference between Munich is that the city does not intend to conduct any new hardware procurement.
Gillich revealed that users of the first batch of replacement plans have a relatively strong IT skills. Of course, some departments use Linux and considerations on cost.
On the other end of the earth, some members of Australia, Social Democratic Party and the Greenland Party have been advocating the government to use Linux as soon as possible. The former's spokesperson Jose Broukal believes that the maximum benefit of open source is free programming. He also believes that Europe should gradually reduce the dependence on US software. He also hopes that the Australian government can use open source software as soon as possible.
