September 28, 2004 5:39 AM PDT

Munich to press on with Linux switch

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The German city will continue its plan to migrate from Windows to Linux, despite concerns about patent infringement.

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kudos to Munich !: How does that old saying go ??? If the shoe fits ??? In this case , I surmise , The city of Munich has decided that Microsoft's (cyber)"shoe" doesn't fit their needs anymore ... I wish them , and the open source community as well , success in this bold choice ...
Posted by herrwitt (14 comments ): September 30, 2004 2:18 AM (PDT) Like Reply Link Flag

Patent pending: If we decided that a program written for public use be deemed as private property, who are we really hurting? Those that wrote the program?No other wise open source should have changed its name to my personal source. Or could it be possible that we would be hurting non open source programs(OS pending), such as Microsoft, who would like to own every program ever written!
Not to mention every company that ever wrote a program that actually works!!!!!!!!
Posted by (1 comment ): October 9, 2004 2:38 PM (PDT) Like Reply Link Flag

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