Munich Decides On Debian

RichiH writes "Notwithstanding the recent craze about Ubuntu and the negative effects this might have, the german city of Munich chose Debian as the base for its LiMux project. Gonicus and SoftCon are the companies who were chosen to achieve this feat. With 14,000 desktops, this is one of the largest Linux transistions ever, even prompting Microsoft's Steve Balmer to offer a rebate of 90%. Other /. coverage here here and here."

Comments

Re:Long time planning.

[Otter]

I had exactly the same thought -- this has turned into the new "one million GNOME desktops in Mexican schools".

It's interesting, though, how the spin has changed from "Take that, Microsoft!" to "Take that, Ubuntu!"