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Current Newswire: Vim 101: A Beginner's Guide to Vim Open Source Science: A Revolution From Within openSUSE 11.2-- Incremental Updates, Plenty of Polish Microsoft, other rivals slam Google Chrome OS Intel Linux Graphics Shine With Fedora 12 Editor's Note: Do It Yourself "Cloud" Google Chrome OS: First looks, first impressions Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.32 (Part 3) - Storage TV Mythos Renewed: MythTV 0.22 with Many Improvements Enhancing openSUSE 11.2: Adding Repositories and Packages Technical Specialist II – PC – LAN (AZ) Next Step Systems US-AZ-Scottsdale Post A Job | Post A Resume Expatica.com: Battle Heats up Munich Software Deal May 22, 2003, 19 :00 UTC (12 Talkback[s]) (9679 reads) [ Thanks to Roman Fietze for this link. ] "In a battle heating up over a software deal for the city administration of Munich, US giant Microsoft has lowered its price offer by 15 per cent in order to prevent the city switching to Linux, Financial Times Deutschland (FTD) reported Wednesday. "FTD cited a city council spokeswoman as saying that the council was now leaning to choose Microsoft over Linux. The council is to make a decision May 28. "If chosen, Microsoft would provide the software for some 16,000 computers in the Munich city administration, with FTD putting the value of the deal in the double-digit millions of euros..." Complete Story Related Stories: Seattle Times: Microsoft Used Discounts Twice in European Deals(May 20, 2003) The Register: Ballmer on Linux(May 16, 2003) NetworkWorldFusion: EU Mulls Report of Microsoft Antitrust Pricing(May 15, 2003) InfoWorld: Microsoft's Ballmer Fights Linux in Munich(Apr 07, 2003) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   Who is...    d@ May 22, 2003, 19:20:25     Finally competition!!!    Peter Rasmussen May 22, 2003, 19:26:58     decisions, decisions    scott_R May 22, 2003, 19:58:47     Isn't discounting by monopolies illegal in Eur    SM May 22, 2003, 20:21:14     true contest of cynical ploy?    flacco May 22, 2003, 21:30:50     Don't cave in!    hindenburg May 22, 2003, 22:50:25     Flushing Money Down the M$ Toilet    TomD May 22, 2003, 22:55:35     Linux bid    Tim Dion May 22, 2003, 23:21:57     Come on Munich    guinstar May 23, 2003, 04:44:24     Re: Isn't discounting by monopolies illegal in    Dom May 23, 2003, 11:55:28     not a discount!    stimpson May 23, 2003, 18:36:10     Victory! Victory! Victory!    acx May 26, 2003, 21:30:40     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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