Linux pioneer Munich poised to ditch open source and return to Windows

Re:Linux pioneer Munich poised to ditch open source and retu... by vetinari on Sunday February 12, 2017 @06:40AM (#13627918)

VBA: LibreOffice can run Python macros. Granted, the rewrite from VBA to Python is necessary, but the possibility is there and in the long term, Python is much nicer to work with than VBA.

AD: Have a look into FreeIPA. It is Active Directory equivalent for Linux and Unix systems (but not Group Policy). Centralized updates are done using Spacewalk/Satellite.

Old stuff: that's the thing with old stuff. Going forward, these things are undergoing a change to web and snmp interfaces. I'm currently looking into thermometers and moisture meters, and this is the standard.

3rd party support contracts: you don't have to accept the stock contract, ask for changes that you need. The providers are not going to say you no, it's just not there because most companies are not asking for it, so they won't be proactive in providing that.

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Re:Linux pioneer Munich poised to ditch open source and retu... by simooooo on Sunday February 12, 2017 @08:57AM (#13628311)

Having to rewrite any macros for any reason is a no go. You may as well have just stopped there.

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Re:Linux pioneer Munich poised to ditch open source and retu... by vetinari on Sunday February 12, 2017 @02:08PM (#13629944)

Depends on the company. Some have no problem replacing it with something else, some do.

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Re:Linux pioneer Munich poised to ditch open source and retu... by flukus on Monday February 13, 2017 @01:58AM (#13633598)

IME the process usually involves finding a lot of bugs and users generally want the bugs ported too.

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