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Slashdot, 2001: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/01/10/16/1525231/german-parliament-considers-linux https://linux.slashdot.org/story/01/10/16/1525231/german-pa
by Aardwolf 6y ago
Slashdot, 2001:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/01/10/16/1525231/german-parliament-considers-linux https://linux.slashdot.org/story/01/10/16/1525231/german-par...
And 2006:
https://slashdot.org/story/06/10/28/226211/munich-migrating-to-linux https://slashdot.org/story/06/10/28/226211/munich-migrating-...
- utkarsh_apoorva 6y agoAhh... I thought this was the first ever instance. So Munich goes open source -> Hamburg gets inspired and BAM - 14 years later it follows suit.
- foepys 6y agoMunich went full Windows again after a new mayor got elected who went straight to criticizing LiMux (Munich's Linux distro) and pushed to adopt Windows within his first weeks. A few months after the decision had been made, Microsoft relocated their German headquarters from Hamburg to Munich. Projected costs for the switch back: 86.5 million Euro within the first six years. A study by the city revealed that LiMux saved the city 10 million Euro over its lifetime.