“In a boost to the fortunes of Microsoft Windows, the city of
Munich has suspended its migration to the computer operating system
Linux, citing the financial and legal risks posed by a planned new
system of software patents.“The decision by the city to let its Windows licences run out
and switch 14,000 bureaucrats’ personal computers to the
open-source operating system had attracted worldwide
attention…”
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