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eWeek: Why Munich Dumped Microsoft for Linux
May 29, 2003, 20 :30 UTC (17 Talkback[s]) (13459 reads)

(Other stories by Peter Galli)

"Richard Seibt, the CEO of SuSE Linux A.G. in Nuremberg, Germany, told eWEEK in an interview on Wednesday that the Munich City Council would be moving away from all Microsoft products and implementing Linux as its strategic infrastructure platform.

"The city currently runs Microsoft Office, Windows 3.1, 95, 98 and NT as well as the Internet Explorer browser. The council also plans to move to the free OpenOffice desktop productivity suite and may also decide to use Sun's StarOffice suite, he said.

"Although the council has not as yet made a decision on its choice of vendor, SuSE Linux AG and IBM Germany will participate in the resulting contract bid..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
I've always liked German history/cul ...   time to move to Germany   
yuri vil
May 29, 2003, 21:04:59
 
In a couple of months, the furor over SC ...   Really, this is more important than SCO nonsense   
Rufus Polson
May 29, 2003, 21:07:48
 
A most amusing gobbet of M$ blather:Unde ...   Frankfurt Comes Out Way Ahead   
Simplicissimus
May 29, 2003, 21:37:09
 
Just in a few short years Frankfurt will ...   Re: Frankfurt Will Come Out Too   
Snow Man
May 29, 2003, 22:16:38
 
 They didn't move to Linux because o ...   Linux is Best For the Job   
Tom D.
May 29, 2003, 22:49:52
 
 I've always liked German history/cu ...   Re: time to move to Germany   
acx
May 29, 2003, 23:42:04
 
what a poster on heise.de asked. Why is  ...   The real question is   
Volker Hett
May 30, 2003, 00:11:33
 
> Hey, it should be alot simpler! All yo ...   Re: Re: time to move to Germany   
Doug Bostrom
May 30, 2003, 00:29:51
 
Everybody knows that Linux is still not  ...   Lower Cost, Lower efficiency   
Black Ice
May 30, 2003, 02:11:54
 
> In a couple of months, the furor over  ...   Re: Really, this is more important than SCO nonsen   
Matthew
May 30, 2003, 02:34:56
 
> I've always liked German history/c ...   Re: time to move to Germany   
Roman Fietze
May 30, 2003, 07:10:56
 
... a little note: the german central of ...   german central of microsoft   
Gunnar
May 30, 2003, 09:02:05
 
C'Mon..You for real? I'm a 58 yo ...   Re: Lower Cost, Lower efficiency   
Aussie Penguin
May 30, 2003, 10:04:52
 
> Everybody knows that Linux is still no ...   Re: Lower Cost, Lower efficiency   
J Ross
Jun 1, 2003, 01:34:46
 
> Try dragging a file across the desktop ...   Re: Re: Lower Cost, Lower efficiency   
bleh
Jun 1, 2003, 12:29:05
 
Try dragging a file across the desktop a ...   Re: Re: Lower Cost, Lower efficiency   
Strangelove
Jun 1, 2003, 21:28:11
 
So what? If Linux success stories make y ...   Wow all these success stories make me wanna cry   
roboto
Jun 12, 2003, 18:13:26
 
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