This is one of the biggest risks in switching platforms, especially in a relative instant.

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Aug 29, 2016

In 2009, the government of Munich, Germany switched from Windows to Linux. They claim to have saved more than €10 million in software licensing fees so far. But the switch may have cost them that much or more in lost productivity.

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This is one of the biggest risks in switching platforms, especially in a relative instant. For example, at a vendor refresh cycle. Lost productivity is the price paid. This doesn’t mean they can’t do it incrementally though, it’s just most contract and procurement cycles don’t allow that.