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Re: FLATFISH MORPHS >>> Munich Germany Adoption of Linux Tanks.................

  • Subject: Re: FLATFISH MORPHS >>> Munich Germany Adoption of Linux Tanks.................
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:30:45 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
  • References: <_R1pg.113$V14.77@fe09.lga> <gmgraves-2881BA.21491129062006@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com>
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__/ [ George Graves ] on Friday 30 June 2006 05:49 \__

> In article <_R1pg.113$V14.77@xxxxxxxx>, Susan <no.online.email@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
>> John Bailo wrote:
>> > http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/74868
>> 
>> "The City of Munich's LiMux project center is rejecting charges by the
>> Senate administration of Berlin that the migration to free software has
>> gotten stuck before it ever got going. As Project director Peter Hofmann
>> told heise online, "Open Source software at the workplace is a reality in
>> Munich." At the end of May, his department presented the future basis
>> client to the public at in information day. At present, the pilot phase is
>> focusing on a software suite. The approximately 100 pilot users include
>> Mayor Christian Ude and his deputy Christine Strobl. Hofmann added that
>> "most users" in the city's administration use individual Open Source
>> programs to surf the net, write e-mails, or edit graphics, for example,
>> "on the Microsoft Windows operating system, which remains dominant."
>> 
>> "on the Microsoft Windows operating system, which remains dominant."
>> 
>> Message-ID: Xt-cnWBUrr37d0ijXTWcqQ@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> 
>> "Microsoft's offer of about 27.3 million euros ($32.3 million) had been
>> almost three million euros below that of the Linux competitor, but the
>> city had still chosen Linux for strategic reasons."
>> 
>> "strategic reasons"
>> 
>> LMAO
>> 
>> 3½ years    100 users    27.3 million Euros
>> 
>> Seeing the Munich "migration" fail miserably: priceless
>> 
>> 
>> Now this is REAL FUNNY!!
>> 
>> Funny how the Linux Nutsacks seem to be avoiding this little gem..........
> 
> I hope Munich's decision doesn't fuck-up the beer!

Susan=flatfish. Set up your killfiles/filters.

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