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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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  2. Why does this reminds me something? by PissingInTheWind · · Score: -1, Troll
    Ah, yes, the old ties between the German Nazis and IBM...

    IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation

    Communist software with fascist hardware?

    --

    A message from the system administrator: 'I've upped my priority. Now up yours.'
  3. Only IBM and Germany.. by ldopa1 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Only IBM would SELL something you can get for FREE, and I think only Germany would BUY what you can download for FREE..

    Of course, I DID just buy RedHat 7.3, but that's only because the download ISO's are stacked up with other similarly minded people..

    Speaking of which - they say that Great minds think alike. Doesn't that mean that INFERIOR minds also think alike? Now I'm concerned about which I am...

    Any ideas?

    --
    The Dopester
    "Yes, I'm a Karma Whore, but I'm doing it to pay my way through school."
    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."
  4. A big smack to Microsoft? by SledgeHBK · · Score: -1, Troll

    Operating Systems Used to Access Google - April 2002 -Google Zeitgeist

    91% Microsoft.
    1% Linux.

    I **don't** think Microsoft has anything to worry about yet.

  5. Re:Oh joy. by Walrus99 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Linux uber alles.

    "Ich habe kein umlaut."

  6. ReiserFS the real reason by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    A journaling filesystem with > 4GB file capability will be needed for keeping track of all the Jews next time.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.