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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. Re:Only IBM and Germany.. by ldopa1 · · Score: 0, Troll

    What you don't seem to understand is that "free as in speach" isn't NEARLY as important as "Free as in StarOffice with spellcheck"

    --
    The Dopester
    "Yes, I'm a Karma Whore, but I'm doing it to pay my way through school."
  2. Re:great news for open source? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wouldn't get TOO happy about Microsoft losing these kinds of contracts. This is less money coming into the American economy and is a BAD THING. Open Source doesn't generate revenue like Microsoft's Windows operating systems do. That hurts our GNP.

  3. Re:All they need now... by hArD_tO_pIcK_a_nIcK · · Score: 0, Troll

    According to unconfirmed sources in the mid east the next big thing to be expected from the Nuremburg based Company SuSE is the renaming of their highly anticipated Linux Distribution to "Endlösung". With the relaunch of their product line, SuSE acknwoledges their origin (ed: Nuremburg), so Fritz
    tha Kraut.