ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoHurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Sourceitsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1762arrow-down13
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minus-squarevodka@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 days agoYou’re not thinking about when Microsoft bribed their way into them not switching by opening an office in the area?
minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-22 days agoThis. It was the city of Munich. They had their own linux distro “Munix” and everything. Then the conservative party won the election. You know the rest.
minus-squaredemonsword@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day ago Then the conservative party won the election. that’s the second or third statement in most modern cautionary tales nowadays
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoYeah, it was a political decision, not one based on how well the Linux transition worked. They used Linux for quite some time productively. It wasn’t a failed transition at all.
You’re not thinking about when Microsoft bribed their way into them not switching by opening an office in the area?
This. It was the city of Munich. They had their own linux distro “Munix” and everything. Then the conservative party won the election. You know the rest.
that’s the second or third statement in most modern cautionary tales nowadays
Yeah, it was a political decision, not one based on how well the Linux transition worked.
They used Linux for quite some time productively. It wasn’t a failed transition at all.