Linux Fails the Scotland Police Dept

"Previously, Central Scotland was the sole non-Microsoft force in the country, having chosen instead to use Linux and StarOffice. Click Here

But a review of the systems in 2004 found that officers were struggling to file reports from remote locations, and often had to come back to their own desks to complete paperwork.

The head of IT, David Stirling, noted that the review also identified "disproportionate" support costs buttociated with the open source kit: "An estimated 25 percent of additional staff time was routinely required to install and maintain open source-based systems," he said."

So much for the TCO for Linux. Sure they had trouble filing their reports. Chances are all the other systems were running Windows and MSOffice so StarOffice, being the poo program it is, could not talk to the rest of the systems.

This, is a PRIME EXAMPLE of Linux in the REAL WORLD and why LINUX can't compete with Windows. It has little to do with cost (although that is certainly a consideration), but everything to do with the fact that Linux simply could not provide even the most basic serivces needed by a police deptartment.

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