I was present in a hearing by the Bundestag (German Parliament) of the director of LiMux project.
I particularly remember two of his points:
The main goal of the project was to reduce vendor lock-in, not financial savings. It is unacceptable for a governmental entity to be so dependent on a single corporation (especially if the majority of that company doesn't fall under the countrie's control).
The main problem of the migration was that so many third parties insist on exchanging data through office documents (even though they are often ill suited for that), instead of providing an API or a simple data file format.
I particularly remember two of his points:
The main goal of the project was to reduce vendor lock-in, not financial savings. It is unacceptable for a governmental entity to be so dependent on a single corporation (especially if the majority of that company doesn't fall under the countrie's control).
The main problem of the migration was that so many third parties insist on exchanging data through office documents (even though they are often ill suited for that), instead of providing an API or a simple data file format.
(for those of you who can speak German, here is the protocol: http://www.bundestag.de/internetenquete/dokumentation/Intero... )