<story><title>Windows 10 switchover will cost Linux champion Munich €50m</title><url>https://www.techrepublic.com/article/windows-10-switchover-will-cost-linux-champion-munich-50m/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A%20Trending%20Content&amp;utm_content=5a14ac6f00bd470007dd3c20&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tw04</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s not at all what it says.  The cost of moving to Windows and office is ~€5 million:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;€ 4.8 million and licenses (for Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, software distribution,&lt;p&gt;The €50 is for hardware replacements that were going to happen anyway.&lt;p&gt;Nothing in the article addresses the harder to track costs of user efficiency and expert support staff.  I&amp;#x27;m not claiming it&amp;#x27;s cheaper in either direction, but staffing costs are a very, very real cost.</text></comment>
<story><title>Windows 10 switchover will cost Linux champion Munich €50m</title><url>https://www.techrepublic.com/article/windows-10-switchover-will-cost-linux-champion-munich-50m/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A%20Trending%20Content&amp;utm_content=5a14ac6f00bd470007dd3c20&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mtgx</author><text>Meanwhile:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.itworld.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;2716115&amp;#x2F;operating-systems&amp;#x2F;switching-to-linux-saves-munich-over--11-million.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.itworld.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;2716115&amp;#x2F;operating-systems&amp;#x2F;sw...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m sure Munich council&amp;#x27;s decision to switch back to Windows, despite all the costs and long-term lock-in, had nothing to do with this totally random HQ-building in Munich:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mspoweruser.com&amp;#x2F;microsoft-germany-moves-into-a-new-headquarters&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mspoweruser.com&amp;#x2F;microsoft-germany-moves-into-a-new-h...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>