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Re: Big citys in europe considering change to Linux operating system
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by gunne on Oct 16, 2004 - 14:32
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Hi ironfist
And thank you for a nice discussion. :-)
Dont know if you fully did read the article I linked to ?
The reasons to change is not only a economic decision, but also a political. Some people can see longer and more far then just to a temporary discount from a single privat hold supplier.
And it is not only Munich and Barcelona that have changed, but for instance also Motala in Sweden and several other.
Im copying directly from the article;
# "According to Karl-Heinz Loper, head of the Information Technology Competence Center for Berlin. Elsewhere in Germany, 11,000 police computers are being switched from Microsoft Windows this year in the state of Lower Saxony."
# "Linux companies also have been awarded contracts for a division of the German Finance Ministry, the German Commissioner for Data Protection, German Air Traffic Control, the Higher Court of Dusseldorf and Schwabisch Hall,
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