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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. Long time planning. by Short+Circuit · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This has been in the planning stage for a long time. Much as I love the almighty Penguin, I'll believe this when I see it.

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  2. 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.

  3. Re:Uh, Novell, SUSE, hello???! by indifferent+children · · Score: 4, Interesting

    SuSE would have been a shoo-in had it not been bought by an American company. This is not an anti-European rant, but companies and governments (especially) look for 'local' companies to deal with. When Novell bought SuSE, Europe lost its local distro, and buying SuSE has the same trade-balance effect as buying from M$.

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