New South Wales to refuse Windows Vista switch
According to ComputerWorld’s Julian Bajkowski, the New South Wales Office of State Revenue (OSR) “is taking a tough stance against Microsoft’s decision to make an enterprise edition of Windows Vista only available to companies that have signed on to its Software Assurance program.”
It seems that the Tax Collection agency would rather move to alternative desktop operating systems than lock itself into Microsoft’s licensing regime. Representatives confirmed they would be seeking to switch to Linux Desktop within six months. “As soon as support ends for XP, we will look at moving to Linux.”
The OSR collects taxes, levies and duty for the NSW government and is the second biggest revenue authority in Australia after the Australian Taxation Office. Answering directly to the NSW Treasury, OSR has about 600 staff, 200 of which it recruited during the past year.
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