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Old 02-18-2011, 04:25 AM   #1
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No more desktop Linux systems in the German Foreign Office


Bad news guys!

http://www.h-online.com/open/news/it...e-1191122.html
 
Old 02-18-2011, 07:41 AM   #2
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Hi,

excerpt from 'No more desktop Linux systems in the German Foreign Office';
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Henning Tillmann, a colleague of Oliver Kaczmarek, the SPD MP who raised the question, and a member of the SPD executive committee's web policy discussion group, told our associates at heise Open that the government's response was not satisfactory. "The reasons given for the return to Windows are implausible," says Tillmann, "We need the figures." The costs of licensing Windows and MS Office throughout the department would cover the costs of programming a hell of a lot of drivers, notes Tillmann. Oliver Kaczmarek has already announced his intention to take the matter further and demand a clear statement from the government.
At least there is a valid argument against the change. Someone in the Government has M$ stock.
 
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