NewsForge: Barcelona Embracing Open Source

"The city of Barcelona--Spain's second largest city--recently announced it will be phasing out its current Windows NT infrastructure in favor of open source software, according to IBLNEWS and other prominent Spanish-language news outlets.

"Barcelona's move comes after the German city of Munich took this same path more than a year ago, in a high-profile battle in which Microsoft executives personally visited city officials to make a counteroffer..."

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