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Munich finally flicks the Linux switch
News But executives at the local authority in Bergen, Norway, have recently delayed their Linux desktop plans for a further two years. The city of Munich has finally started to migrate to Linux on the desktop, a year later than planned. [26 Sep 2006]
Norwegian desktop Linux switch halted
News Ambitious plans by the Norwegian city of Bergen to move to an open source desktop environment have been suspended. Ole-Bjorn Tuftedal, special adviser on contracts and technology for the city of Bergen, said on Monday that the desktop Linux... [06 Sep 2006]
Munich delays Windows to Linux switch yet again
News In July, the Austrian city of Vienna kicked off its migration to open source software on the desktop and the Norwegian city of Bergen also plans to migrate. The city of Munich will not start its migration to Linux on the desktop until 2006, a year... [06 Sep 2005]
Linux schools pilot hopes to inspire others
News The city of Bergen in Norway is also at the early stages of a desktop Linux rollout that will eventually lead to 32,000 pupils and 4,000 teachers using Linux at 100 schools across the city. A number of schools in the US state of Indiana have... [05 Aug 2005]
Linux wins over Austria's capital
News The city of Bergen, in Norway, is migrating desktops in its 100 schools, which have 32,000 students and pupils. The Austrian capital city of Vienna's local government is due to start migrating its desktop PCs to open source software in the second... [26 Jan 2005]
Software licences driving IT managers to Linux
News Ole-Bjorn Tuftedal, chief technology officer for the City of Bergen, said some software companies are seeking ever more invasive control of a user's system, and greater profits, through their pricing. [09 Nov 2004]
Biggest ever Windows-to-Linux migration halted in Munich
News Munich has taken the lead in public sector Windows-to-Linux switches and was followed by Norway's second city, Bergen, last month. The biggest ever Windows-to-Linux migration - the city of Munich's 14,000 desktop switch - has been put on ice while... [05 Aug 2004]
Indian president: We want open source for defence
News Recently the city of Bergen, Norway, decided to replace Windows and Unix with Linux operating systems, citing costs and reliability as reasons. In another public-sector boost to open source software, Indian President A.P.J. [08 Jul 2004]
Is London's lack of CIO holding it back?
News While European cities such as Paris, Munich and Bergen in Norway have appointed chief information officers and chief technology officers, London has no one individual with over-arching responsibility for implementation of technology according to... [07 Jul 2004]
Biggest ever Windows to Linux migration announced
News Earlier this week, Norway's second city, Bergen, announced it would be following in Munich's footsteps and opting to run on Linux. Munich - the city whose switch to Linux was seen as so significant it attracted a personal visit from Steve Ballmer... [17 Jun 2004]
Norwegian city government switches to open source
News In a move that echoes an earlier high-profile migration by the German city of Munich, authorities in the Norwegian city of Bergen have opted to replace existing core Windows and Unix systems with Linux. [15 Jun 2004]
Eyes of the broadband world turn to tiny Norwegian village
News It is located on the west coast of Norway, one hour's drive North East from Bergen, but the best access to the village is by sea. Modalen, a small village in Norway, has been chosen for an experiment in which the whole town will be connected by... [17 Aug 2001]
