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Germany, IBM Sign Major Linux Deal

Posted by timothy on from the und-jetz dept.

Skip Franklin writes: "IBM and the German government are getting together to implement Linux as the government's computing platform of choice. The deal is being touted as a big blow to Microsoft, although personally I prefer the glass-half-full perspective of a big win for Open Source. The BBC has the story."

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  1. backwards? by swordgeek · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought seeing this as a large hit against Microsoft WAS looking at the glass as half full!

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  2. Is this what they call BBC English? by delphi125 · · Score: 3, Funny
    "the most reliable core for computer systems for whom crashing is not an option"

    HAL 9000 may have been a who(m) as opposed to a what/which, but crashing was certainly an option for HAL!

    1. Re:Is this what they call BBC English? by jabberw0k · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't anthropomorphize computers.

      They hate that.

  3. Re:Why IBM? by mikeee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because Germans like things that are large, expensive, and over-engineered?

    :)

  4. But... by sopuli · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...using open-source is UnAmerican!

    Oh wait...

  5. The Staying Power of Monoliths? by cburley · · Score: 5, Funny
    IBM and the German government are getting together

    Man, 30 years ago I would not have believed a statement beginning this way would imply victory for the little guy!!

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  6. Germany misunderstood by gosand · · Score: 4, Funny

    Once again, something got lost in the translation. "Free as in beer" got translated to "free beer", and the Germans couldn't sign the contract fast enough.

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  7. Re:All they need now... by sharkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    GNU/Reich? BlitzGNU? Iron Penguin? Col. Klinkux?

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  8. Does this mean we have to call it GNU/Germany? by AIXadmin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does this mean RMS will now want us to call Germany, GNU/Germany?