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Munich Decides On Debian

Posted by Zonk on from the home-of-lager dept.

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."

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  1. Not cheap enough by SunFan · · Score: 2, Funny

    prompting Microsoft's Steve Balmer to offer a rebate of 90%.

    Ah, the price of Windows XP is now down to $20? With Linux and Solaris free of charge, Microsoft still has some distance to go.

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    -- Microsoft is the most expensive commodity operating system and office suite vendor in the marketplace.
    1. Re:Not cheap enough by ajrs · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, you would have to pay me a lot more than $20 to give up linux for XP.

  2. Re:Long time planning. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

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

    That's probably because Ubuntu's theme reminds everyone of a box of Kashi.

  3. Re:Great by FidelCatsro · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sorry hit save instead of preview and extrans messed it up

    "Gott erhalte Linux den Kaiser"
    Linux ,Linux über alles,
    Über alles in der Windows Welt,
    Wenn es stets zu Schutz und Trutze
    als unix zusammenhält,
    Von der GNU bis zu Herr Linus,
    Von G.R.U.B bis IPTables
    - Linux , Linux über alles,
    Über alles in der Windows Welt.

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    The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though