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  • French Police Adopt Ubuntu

    french police car ubuntu Solving budget crises at the local level may not be so complicated after all, if the French Gendarmerie Nationale police force is any indication. By switching to open source software, such as the Ubuntu operating system and OpenOffice instead of Windows and Microsoft... more

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  • Rated by StuartinFiji on May 05 2009, 3:54pm

    french police car ubuntu Solving budget crises at the local level may not be so complicated after all, if the French Gendarmerie Nationale police force is any indication. By switching to open source software, such as the Ubuntu operating system and OpenOffice instead of Windows and Microsoft Office, the force has saved roughly €50 million since 2004. The best quote comes from Lt. Colonel Xavier Guimard: "Moving from Microsoft XP to Vista would not have brought us many advantages and Microsoft said it would require training of users," he said. "Moving from XP to Ubuntu, however, proved very easy. The two biggest differences are the icons and the games. Games are not our priority." But what about those sweet, sweet icons? No matter, the department says its budget dropped by 70 percent by switching to open source, and it's obviously an approach they'd like to continue in the future. The entire organization should be running on Linux by 2015. My editor, an open source junkie, is probably ecstatic.

  • Rated by arunaftermath on Apr 09 2009, 6:25am

    Ubuntu is in the news for various reasons off late. Good going

  • Rated by gt1987 on Mar 25 2009, 9:17pm

    French police goes Open Source :D

  • Rated by izzy69rocks on Mar 22 2009, 3:02am

    from the top management point of view ... it is great but the IT Department will face complains and complains by users which proved to be a headache sometimes..... My company is using Microsoft products and the employees are still complaining :P

  • Rated by aisarin on Mar 21 2009, 12:39am

    openoffice = love

  • Rated by Alex2610 on Mar 19 2009, 1:52pm

    Well done, France.

  • Reviewed by Just-MPx on Mar 19 2009, 10:24am

    so.. they are smart.

  • Reviewed by lrrpteam on Mar 19 2009, 4:16am

    French Police Save Millions With Ubuntu, OpenOffice