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Munich Council Say Talk of LiMux Demise Is Greatly Exaggerated

Posted by timothy on from the that-was-the-beer-talking dept.

ndogg (158021) writes "The rumors of Munich's city government going back to Microsoft seem to have been greatly exaggerated. There was a review of the city's IT systems that was called for by the mayor, but it wasn't solely just to decide on whether to move back to Microsoft. And while there have been complaints about LiMux, they mostly seem to concern compatibility with OpenOffice.org, which may well be resolved by switching to LibreOffice."

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  1. Re:Old news by mwvdlee · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If a site post a story and there's nobody to read it, does it cover the news?

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  2. Re:LibreOffice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One word: PDF

    People sending resumes as editable document should not be hired in the first place.

  3. Re:NT is best by HangingChad · · Score: 5, Insightful

    you should give it another try

    Why? What compelling features does Windows offer that I don't already have? I want to know about Window's value proposition. With software as a service becoming the predominant model, the software you need to get work done is available on any platform. At home I work on Linux, when I travel I take my Android tablet and work just fine on that. I can write and post stories, with pictures and video, from anywhere.

    A few years ago the Microsoft faithful used to make such a big deal about if you wanted to do "real work" you needed Windows. Doesn't seem to be the case anymore. It's great the blue screens are mainly in the past but I'm still missing a reason to get a Windows device.

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