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Ahh... I thought this was the first ever instance. So Munich goes open source -> Hamburg gets inspired and BAM - 14 years later it follows suit.
by utkarsh_apoorva 6y ago
Ahh... 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.