Paula Carleton, CIO of the not-for-profit Baptist Community Services, told Computerworld she is investigating how to move its 850 Windows desktops to open source following Microsoft’s decision to force it to a full commercial licence.

Every dollar we are forced to spend on software is a dollar less spent on the charitable services like homeless and crisis care that we deliver,” Carleton said, adding that it is a public benevolent organization according to the tax office. Read more…