Bloomberg/The Seattle Times: Munich May Slam the Door on Windows

"Munich may become the biggest Microsoft customer to switch to Linux personal-computer software as the city decides this week whether to remove the Windows operating system from 14,000 municipal computers.

"The city's 82-member council, after more than a year of review, will vote tomorrow on a proposal to change to Linux, according to an agenda for the meeting. It would be the biggest PC defection to Linux ever, said Brendan Barnicle, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities in Portland..."

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