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Re: [News] Microsoft Tries IP Game in Europe; Germany Sends 'Message' to Ballmer

On Saturday 03 March 2007 13:35 Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> Two short and clear messages from Germany to Steve B.
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | The German department of State has declared that their business case
> | for their complete migration away from Windows towards Linux and other
> | FOSS is based on SECURITY, RELIABILITY and COST reasons. They
> | completed their migration of nearly all server and desktop systems
> | WITHOUT the need for a RETRAINING of their staff, while IT costs
> | dropped even on the short run already below one quarter of the
> | costs they had while using a Windows infrastructure.
> `----
> 
> http://vale.homelinux.net/wordpress/?p=141

Brilliant - especially the second one.

Thanks Roy - though I'll need to use a web-based translator for the
background stuff - lucky Peter, eh?:-)


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