Munich tries to quit Microsoft, The Weather Channel goes open source, and more

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 24, 2013

The challenges Munich faced while quitting Microsoft

This TechRepublic article “How Munich rejected Steve Ballmer and kicked Microsoft out of the city” is so beautifully-written that I don’t even want to summarize it for you. I’m pasting the first three sentences, and if your open source-loving heart doesn’t want to read more, then just skip this news item altogether: “Breaking up with Microsoft is hard to do. Just ask Peter Hofmann, the man leading the City of Munich’s project to ditch Windows and Office in favour of open source alternatives.”

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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