Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:44:36 +0300 From: Mustafa Kuscu <mustafakuscu@gmail.com> To: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Subject: Re: I've got a major question... Message-ID: <CAMz_NCrQkNr7hQ6858GzDG9BvWkn1-S6oO10_fzbOCzM_BGdTg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20190627091012.44fc65a7@archlinux> References: <c99b07c9-f497-b04e-ee40-a09aec33173d@sound-by-design.com> <CAHieY7RLfbTrqrUPnbTGA-bMnbmC7hYsmnPe%2B8Wb07NpWtsszQ@mail.gmail.com> <cdb5f984-d2cc-bf55-fb75-534b4aed48f9@sound-by-design.com> <20190626063443.51ad3f1b.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAHieY7Q-EZNYwKFXVUagMcfQj34g7nR4MXhpLYF7fS8hRmpYQg@mail.gmail.com> <20190627081518.9dc6f3c2.freebsd@edvax.de> <20190627091012.44fc65a7@archlinux>
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Hi, There is a trend to migrate towards FOSS systems in the public sector of Turkey. An interesting example is the Turkish IRS, who released its own distribution called GIBUX. Also, municipal organizations are taking the path from Windows 7 to Linux (a Debian based distribution called Pardus). Public schools with interactive boards in classes are replacing Windows 7 with a Pardus distro for boards. It is very appealing to convert a financial institution to a Linux/BSD environment, however, there might be some regulatory issues depending on the legislation such as COBIT, ITIL, etc which enforce IT governance and security, central management, etc. In order to complement linux/bsd with such enterprise features (not financial industry specific), I know they had to develop replacement tools for Active Directory and SCCM/Group Policy tools so that an LDAP based management infrastructure can be built. It is already available as an open source project called LiderAhenk. But at some point, all your systems and their dependencies ought to be supported in some sense to reach a proper acceptable risk level imposed by those standards. Personally, the hardest part in converting a bank to linux/bsd would be the bank branch. The reason is the variety of specialized equipment (scanners, printers, wating queue displays, security and digital signature devices) all need connectivity, vendor support and sometimes specialized drivers that only work on Windows. To overcome that, GIBUX approach may be good as they have similar environment in their branches. This guy shares their experiences on migration with quite a bit of detail: https://www.pendik.bel.tr/sayfa/detay/bilgi-islem-mudurlugu%7Cpardus-ve-acik-kaynak-kod-donusum-projesi You can google-translate it. Probably there are many other similar approaches. I wanted to materialize a few, and would be happy to see more discussed. Kind Regards, Mustafa
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