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Munich Spurns Steve Ballmer's Software Rebates
Kurt Pfeifle writes "Steve Ballmer's recent trip to Munich to offer up to
90% rebates for the Microsoft Software Assurance and
Licenses was in vain. The ruling party of Germans biggest city and self-proclaimed 'technology capital' now decided
to migrate 14.000 workstations to Linux and an OSS
office suite. A study comparing the alternatives had
assigned 6218 (out of 10.000) points to Linux/OSS,
while the MS Windows platform only scored 5293. Babelfish translation of the latest newsticker story."
Trolling is a art,
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With OSS they can see the source and verify that it's frre of any backdoor. So they can protect their precious secrets about the Oktoberfest and what Bavarian beer is really made of.
Owner of a Mensa membership card.
"How many shares shall I sell today?"
I'll get right on that, sir. SHUT THE FUCK UP AND STOP ORDERING ME AROUND! No shit it's like YELLING, Slashdot...otherwise I wouldn't have done it...
I wonder if Mr. Ballmer learned how to say Developer in German before he went.
Nothing from nowhere I'm no one at all
Deutchland Ousts Windows Alles
Deutchland, Deutchland,
Ousts Windows
In comes Linux
Good and free!
Hear the howling
And the gnashing
From afar
Redmond across the sea!
Deutchland, Deutchland,
Wise technologists
And politicians
who've listened to thee!!
14 workstations running Linux is fine, but what's with the significant digits?
as long as it comes with free beer.
We could use mappoint!! Lets start it ASAP
More info
There is no god
Went to Germany got owned came back and started selling his MS shares....
You will have to pry my proprietary software $$$ from my cold dead hands!
Comment from one sysadmin when MS offered us free software...
"Then again I'm not a city so no wonder!"
Must... resist.... yo mama... joke....
I think it's one human soul per Windows/Office seat, as well as your first born.
-Teckla
I believe, however, that Munich is the capital...
Let me guess, you must be an American, right?
In other news...
"Today Bill Gates announced that Germany has been added to a group of 'rogue nations' that constitute an axis of evil. When Mr. Gates decided to test the full power of his newly built Microsoft Deathstar 2003 on the rogue nation, the machine had an internal segfault which caused a massive nuclear reaction which destroyed the Redmond Washington based companies R&D labs. Mr Gates declined to comment, but a spokesman has told us that Microsoft is still committed to developing world dominatory machines, and that their new model, to be released in 2005, will feature new 'twirly thingies and flashy lights' which will without a doubt improve destructive capacity exponentially. The Apple corporation has taken a similar approach to bring industrial strength 'shiny gunz' to the market, but has recalled that initiative because of blinding resulting from over-used chrome polishing and photo-realistic ammo that take hours to fire once the trigger is pulled."
...Microsoft is removing Munich from its next version of Flight Simulator.
Ballmer skies? That I would pay to see, in light of his monkey boy antics.
Fat lil turd
I've got four words for ya...
i think any linguists reading slashdot would have had a stroke a long time ago....
I never said I was smart, I just said I was smarter than you
This actually gives me another reason to support the war in Iraq - it's pissing off foreign Microsoft customers!
There is that "the rest of the world hates you" thing, but I can deal with that.
pr0n - keeping monitor glass spotless since 1981.
Let me guess, you must be an American, right?
Nope, we Americans would assume Toronto is the capital. As well as the capitol, for that matter. And an Ottawa is a small, sea-dwelling mammal. Remeber, once ketchup is a vegetable, all things are possible! :-)
Is this a crack in another Berlin Wall?
Ballmer should have done his Monkey Dance for the people of Munich!
Religion is the main cause of atheism.
"Attacking France and making them do all the typing," garnered 7012 points, until someone pointed out the German constitution forbids it.
Make that 1 million non-destitute inhabitants