Watch the movie "zeitgeist moving forward" and learn why they don't and why life sucks.
I'm sure I'm going to get made fun of for this post.
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For anyone who didn't see “zeitgeist moving forward” yet, just don't.
The city administration of Munich switched to Linux, migrated all data and users, trained them etc. for millions of Euros, and then eventually switched back some years later since staff productivity was way down, and users didn't feel comfortable in the OS environment.
You can't enforce a change. Linux is great, especially so for tech enthusiasts, but the average (or probably below average) user might have a hard time to adjust.
And when performance is measured in workforce efficiency, then you have to accept that it's simply not suited for every environment.
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You are being fed a diet of pure hope if you think Linux is going to save money. The hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of hours trouble shooting and moving to Linux. Much less a Linux org who is capable of providing product support at the levels required by most of the government.