[ale] MS vs. Linux in Munich

[Greg]

Wasn't it Suse (a German based company) that won the award ?  Given the
recent strain in relations between Europe and the US over Iraq, as well as
the US losing the trade case, I wonder if there is more here than just
money.  I seem to recall the EU taking the US to court (and winning all of
the appeals) over a trade case.  Apparently we gave several companies enough
tax breaks to qualify them as being government supported (Boeing and MS were
the only 2 that I recall) and hence they had an unfair advantage in Europe
over EU companies.  And we know how the EU feels over subsidies to favorite
industries.

Yeah, Billy - boy, feel the burn.

Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Jonathan
> Rickman
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 6:48 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] MS vs. Linux in Munich
>
>
> On Wednesday 16 July 2003 18:37, Bob Toxen wrote:
> > SuSE Linux competed against Microsoft Windows to provide upgrades
> > for 14,000 Windows desktop systems for the city of Munich, Germany.
> > Linux won.  The city won too.
>
> The beauty of all this is that by the time all was said and done, the
> Linux solution was significantly more expensive than the MS solution in
> terms of up front costs. The city picked Linux anyway. I can't wait to
> hear the MS spin doctors stammering through an explanation for that.
>
> --
> Jonathan Rickman
> X Corps Security
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