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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. ha ha ha by twitter · · Score: 0, Troll
    Microsoft simply offered them a deal with better cost-benefit ratio.

    There's a benefit to running Windoze? That's funny right? Let me know what it is. If you can't you can get back to hating Telstra with a new passion because someone was either very stupid or bribed. 40,000 M$ desktops, oh my aching head, what a nightmare.

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    Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.