Criticism is mounting over the termination of a large-scale Linux project in Birmingham, England.
Birmingham City Council pulled the plug on its 535,000 pounds open-source pilot after its analysis concluded that it was cheaper to upgrade to a Microsoft-based platform than proceed with open source.
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