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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 11:26 am
I Cern leaves Microsoft, has chosen to use "open" software
The Cern of Geneva abandons Microsoft and for its computer equipment it switches to open source, that is open software. The European Research Center, which gave birth to the World Wide Web, made the decision for economic reasons. The Redmond giant, in fact, decided to revoke the status of an academic institution that allowed a discount on licensing costs. The new contract would have included a sum to be paid for each user, which would have considerably multiplied the costs for the use of the Windows operating system.
Anticipating what would have happened, the CERN started last year to develop the Malt program (Microsoft Alternatives), with which it has embarked on a path that will lead the European institute to dispose of the proprietary solutions to the advantage of the "open" ones, an operation that will result in significant savings in licensing costs. "The goal is to regain control using open software. The project is ambitious but it is also a unique opportunity to demonstrate that it is possible to realize the most important services without an exclusive agreement with a seller", Cern explained in a official post.
The Cern of Geneva abandons Microsoft and for its computer equipment it switches to open source, that is open software. The European Research Center, which gave birth to the World Wide Web, made the decision for economic reasons. The Redmond giant, in fact, decided to revoke the status of an academic institution that allowed a discount on licensing costs. The new contract would have included a sum to be paid for each user, which would have considerably multiplied the costs for the use of the Windows operating system.
Anticipating what would have happened, the CERN started last year to develop the Malt program (Microsoft Alternatives), with which it has embarked on a path that will lead the European institute to dispose of the proprietary solutions to the advantage of the "open" ones, an operation that will result in significant savings in licensing costs. "The goal is to regain control using open software. The project is ambitious but it is also a unique opportunity to demonstrate that it is possible to realize the most important services without an exclusive agreement with a seller", Cern explained in a official post.
