LinuxInsider: Munich’s Migration to Linux Raises Issues

“There is a line Jack Kerouac used to describe the independent,
nonconformist nature of the Beat movement during the 1950s. He
said, ‘Imagine explaining to 10,000 raving Tokyo snake dancers in
the street that you are looking for peace but you won’t join the
parade.’

“That may not be exactly the explanation that Microsoft CEO
Steve Ballmer got when he personally flew to Munich to meet with
city officials, but he was probably as mystified as the snake
dancers when Munich officials said that in spite of the huge
discounts he was offering, they had decided not to join the
parade…”

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