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Re:Ubuntu and open source help the City of Munich save millions by Zigurd on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @01:09PM (#8005526)
Windows as a share of Web clients is down to 60%:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_system...

Nobody cites Windows or Office as an impediment to growth. It is very unlikely that the Windows Web client share decline has ever hit a "productivity" speed bump.

Another way to look at it is that mobility turned out to be much more highly valued than Office or Windows compatibility.

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Re:Ubuntu and open source help the City of Munich save millions by alkonaut on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @01:55PM (#8005763)
That just says that web browsing is now a mobile activity. I think this project is about replacing desktop and laptop computers with linux. On desktop laptop windows is still dominating and losing mostly to MacOS
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Re:Ubuntu and open source help the City of Munich save millions by Zigurd on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @09:35PM (#8007670)
Office productivity is now a Web activity, in part because that's how modern tools can be used on otherwise locked-down desktops. Whether it's desktop Linux or people bringing their own iPads to workplaces with PCs running old versions of Windows, IE, and Office, nobody sees the supposed productivity of their desktop systems as a reason not to abandon them.
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