Limux: Free Software and Open Standards for Munich

LiMux: Free Software and Open Standards for Munich

Florian Schießl, Communication & Community

EELLAK (GFOSS) Conference 2010, Athens/Heraklion, May 2010

LiMux: Free Software and Open Standards for Munich

The city administration's IT

Facts and figures 33.000 employees 15.000 PC-workplaces 1.000 IT employees 51 locations for data centers 21 independent IT units 134 Mio Euro IT costs (2008)

This is LiMux

Munich's Objectives Design software and IT architecture independent and flexible Use taxpayers' money sustainable Strengthening the IT location

Decisions by the city council Free Software and Open Standards for

the administration's workplaces http://www.lumaxart.com Platform open business applications in the future

The project LiMux overview

2001 2001 2002 2002 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 ......

Office Client prepre SetupSetup Office Client prepre Detailed Detailed migration rollout consider-consider- CustomizingCustomizing migration rollout studystudy conceptconcept ationsations PrototypingPrototyping ClientClient pilots pilots OptimizationOptimization

The migration to OpenOffice.org

All 15,000 workplaces use free software

Open Document Format as standard format

40% consolidation rate for office templates/macros Additional 28,000 in schools

Starting situation and objectives of the office migration

Challenges More than 21,000 templates Access to business applications Knowledge building neccessary

Tasks Consolidate and migrate the forms and templates Define and use common technical and organizational standards

InteroperabilityInteroperability byby OpenOpen FormatsFormats andand StandardsStandards

Office migration is first step to regain independence

Munich's LiMux base client and the business applications

Client pilot phase done 3,000 linux clients (20%) 7 migration units completely done (33%)

Lessons learned and optimization phase Roll out

Starting situation for the „LiMux Basisclient“

Requirements Situation before LiMux

DifferentDifferent directory directory services services for for useruser and and system system management management StandardizeStandardize DifferentDifferent solutions solutions for for infrastructureinfrastructure & & architecture architecture softwaresoftware distribution distribution DifferentDifferent products products for for file file service service

StandardizeStandardize & & consolidate consolidate 300300 business business apps apps (e.g. (e.g. car car admission admission office) office) softwaresoftware applications applications 300300 ext ext purchased purchased software software (e.g (e.g HTML, HTML, graphics) graphics)

StandardizeStandardize processes processes DifferentDifferent service service and and support support processes processes

Migrations scenarios for business applications

Web-basedWeb-based applicationapplication Migration solutions Platform-openPlatform-open applicationapplication (e.g.(e.g. Java)Java)

LinuxLinux ++ TerminalTerminal serverserver Intermin solutions LinuxLinux ++ virtualizationvirtualization (VMWare)(VMWare) // runrun timetime environmentenvironment (Wine)(Wine)

StayStay onon MicrosoftMicrosoft WindowsWindows

Collaboration

http://www.lumaxart.com

The Open Source Observatory and Repository (OSOR)

We're on the right...

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