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Munich never switched back, which is probably the city you are talking about, but Microsoft has been throwing millions of dollars into both defamatory propagand
by zanny 9y ago
Munich never switched back, which is probably the city you are talking about, but Microsoft has been throwing millions of dollars into both defamatory propaganda against the city and attempts to either elect officials to force them back to Windows or to buy off key officials to make it happen.
It is extremely crooked when you read the narrative as its unfolded over the last decade. Microsoft is extraordinarily aggressive in maintaining its monopoly in the public sector.
- agumonkey 9y agoI remember articles but nothing by Microsoft. Maybe influenced by MS though. There were a few other cities too IIRC. ps: hooray for liberal private business right :)
- throwaway7645 9y agoYea I remember reading about this in Linux Format magazine (yea I pick up a copy occasionally when at the bookstore...great read on all things Linux, and FOSS) a few years ago. It is crazy how far Microsoft will go if the stories are true. If Munich wants to use LibreOffice, then let them, or maybe make an OS that doesn't require an almost unfathomable amount of resources.