A similar project, Wienux, aimed to move the city of Vienna in Austria over to Linux, but hit stumbling blocks in 2008.
Peter’s reasoning for this: Wienux didn’t have the proper political backing required. You need more than just a couple of technically minded councillors to make such a big project a success – you need to know that you have the support of the majority.
I'm definitely not surprised - Austria is a notoriously conservative and very bureaucratic country, which is deeply reflected by the political landscape. Pioneers and out-of-the-box thinkers don't flourish in this country (although migrating to Linux nowadays is not even pioneering anything anymore).
"Austria is a notoriously conservative and very bureaucratic country, which is deeply reflected by the political landscape" I am from Bavaria and this sentence exactly describes the politics there. Overall there is not much diffrence between Austria and Bavaria even the dialect is pretty much the same. No insults intended I live in Bavaria and work in Austria.
> Austria is a notoriously conservative and very bureaucratic country
I would generally agree with this, but just for the record:
the city of Vienna has been governed by the center-left Social Democratic Party since 1946. And for the last four years they have been in a coalition with the Green Party.
Peter’s reasoning for this: Wienux didn’t have the proper political backing required. You need more than just a couple of technically minded councillors to make such a big project a success – you need to know that you have the support of the majority.
I'm definitely not surprised - Austria is a notoriously conservative and very bureaucratic country, which is deeply reflected by the political landscape. Pioneers and out-of-the-box thinkers don't flourish in this country (although migrating to Linux nowadays is not even pioneering anything anymore).