--- > The LiMux project began in the early 2000s when Munich’s administration faced the costly prospect of upgrading from Windows NT 4.0. Opting instead for a switch to an open-source operating system based on Ubuntu Linux, the city council approved the LiMux project in 2003. By 2012, 12,600 desktops were running LiMux, and by 2013, the project saved the city an estimated €11 million. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j17dmts45j0kkb01qthdb12w) --- > The OSOR case study and the PWC report also shows how LiMux project’s challenges were really multifaceted and can’t be reduced to “open source bad, propriety good”. Some city departments needed specific software that only ran on Windows due to compliance or legal reasons, or when open source alternatives didn’t exist. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j17dp2an0akvfer83hfjwg1n) --- > The scale of the transition required a lot of internal communication and organization, which can cause a lot of friction in day to day work. Most notably however, a transition of this scale required a strong and consistent political backing, which seems like it kind of faltered in Munich at some point after the 2014 elections. The sum of these issues eventually led to the decision to revert to Windows 10 in 2017. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j17dpnnbeejxwa7fcjamj1gs) ---