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June 12, 2019 06:45 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/AxDgQT0U9NI/cern-ditches-microsoft-to-take-back-control-with-open-source-software
CERN Ditches Microsoft to 'Take Back Control' With Open Source Software
CERN is best known for pushing the boundaries of science and understanding, but the famed research outfit's next major experiment will be with open-source software. From a report: The European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known as CERN, and also known as home of the Large Hadron Collider, has announced plans to migrate away from Microsoft products and on to open-source solutions where possible. Why? Increases in Microsoft license fees. Microsoft recently revoked the organisations status as an academic institution, instead pricing access to its services on users. This bumps the cost of various software licenses 10x, which is just too much for CERN's budget.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/AxDgQT0U9NI/cern-ditches-microsoft-to-take-back-control-with-open-source-software
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