Details of Linux-in-Munich Deal Revealed

An anonymous reader writes "USA Today is running a piece about the lengths which Microsoft went to in order not to lose the government of Munich's account to a Linux-based proposal from SuSE. Interesting to see how these types of contracts are structured, and just what Microsoft is willing to give up to prevent losing to Linux."

Comments

Plagarism?

[IWannaBeAnAC]

isn't this article a complete ripoff of the first article on this posted to slashdot?

Re:Ballmer

[deadsaijinx*]

for the love of vodka, man! it was funny the first time it was posted, and the second time, and third, fourth, fifth ..... six hundred fifty-second, six hundred fifty-third, and six hundred fifty-fourth time. But you know what, now it's just redundant.

Re:A good example of Microsoft's arrogance

[nutznboltz]

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