Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Munich Spurns Steve Ballmer's Software Rebates

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the heise-news dept.

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."

6 of 736 comments (clear)

  1. Security issue ? by Krapangor · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.
  2. Heard at M$-HQ by netcongestion · · Score: 5, Funny


    "How many shares shall I sell today?"

  3. Re:List of Switchers? by rkz · · Score: 5, Funny

    We could use mappoint!! Lets start it ASAP
    More info

    --
    There is no god
  4. Now you know why Ballmer was selling shares by DailyGrind · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!
  5. Oh, so you're getting free crack cocaine? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment from one sysadmin when MS offered us free software...

  6. Just for that... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Microsoft is removing Munich from its next version of Flight Simulator.