ZDNet UK is running a story on the city of Bergen's move to Linux servers. Financial savings for software and maintenence are cited as the chief motivations for the city's adoption of Linux and open source applications. Samba gets a positive mention as well.

As well as using Linux on the blade servers, Bergen has chosen to use open-source software to run the majority of the basic functions, including the file server. "On the server side just about everything we are using is open source, for example, we are using Samba server with OpenLDAP to replace the Windows domain controller," said Tuftedal.

There has been a lot in the online press lately about which platform actually has a lower total cost of ownership. They city of Bergen reached the following conclusion:

The use of Linux and other open-source applications has saved Bergen considerable costs in licensing, and Tuftedal expects that the software will be more stable cutting down on support costs.

"We also saved 40 to 50 percent on licensing and support costs by doing the server upgrade -- we expect it to be more stable and easy to manage."

For more, see the complete ZDNet UK article.