Limux: The Loss of a Lighthouse
Started in early 2000s Limux was often cited as the lighthouse project for Free/Open Source Software in the public administration. Since then we have regularly heard rumours about its stop. Have they …
| Talk Title | Limux: The Loss of a Lighthouse |
| Speakers | Matthias Kirschner (President, Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE)) |
| Conference | Open Source Summit Europe |
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| Location | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Date | Oct 21-27, 2017 |
| URL | Talk Page |
| Slides | Talk Slides |
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Started in early 2000s Limux was often cited as the lighthouse project for Free/Open Source Software in the public administration. Since then we have regularly heard rumours about its stop. Have they now switched back to proprietary software again or not? Didn’t they already migrate last year? Is it a trend that public administrations aren’t using Free Software anymore? Have we failed and is it time to get depressed and stop what we are doing? Do we need new strategies? Those are questions people in our community are confronted with. We will shed some light on those questions, raise some more, and figure out what we – as individuals, companies or organisations – can learn from it.
