Campaign for Free Software in the Bundestag

mpawlo writes: "According to Swedish IDG.se, the president of Microsoft Germany is outraged over the Bundestux campaign. The campaign aims to put Linux in the Bundestag (German Parliament). He has sent a letter to the campaign workers - some of them members of the German parliament - stating that Microsoft is not a threat to democratic values (as argued by the campaign). Kurt Sibold also states that the only thing achieved through the campaign is a public slander of Microsoft." Also reported by the Register, if you prefer English.

Comments

Re:Poor bill

[yatest5]

Any proof for the opposite?

Re:there is a good point in there

[Tet]

not having to go down with the ship if the vendor enrons.

What an excellent use of the word! I propose we lobby the OED to include "enron" as a new verb in the next edition :-) I enron, you enron, he enrons, they enron etc...

Anyone know the German for "Monkey Boy"?

[ChunKing]

I believe the German for "Monkey Boy" is "Fallhammerjunge" according to Babelfish and "I love this company" translates as "Ich liebe diese Firma".

This could be useful stuff to know for the next convention of MS Gmbh...

Fuhrer of Microsoft Germany?

[guttentag]

...the President of Microsoft Germany is outraged...

Maybe it's just too early in the morning, but am I the only one who felt a chill at the sight of a totalitarian regime's name placed before "Germany?" Anyway, the first thought that came to mind was that a Microsoft Reich would have a Fuhrer, not a President.

Going back to sleep now... wake me up when the discussion's over...

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