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Telstra Used Linux To Get Microsoft Discounts

Posted by timothy on from the and-we-encourage-you-to-do-the-same dept.

awful writes "Last year Slashdot ran a story about Australia's largest telco moving to Linux desktops. Turns out it was all a way to get some tasty discounts from Microsoft. The Australian is reporting that Telstra just signed a four-year deal with MS for $AU15-20 million, for 40,000 users. No figures yet on how much of a discount Telstra got, but MS might want to rethink handing back all its cash to investors if this is how they're going to do business from now on ..."

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  1. Re:Trouble brewing in Slashcode... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That's Bangaloreans, you fuckface. PunjabIs are farmers. That being said, Bill Gates is also the biggest philantrhopist in the world today, whereas the typical slashdot user wouldn't help their mom when she gets into trouble.