[Am-info] No More free beers for Microsoft !

[Eric M. Hopper]

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On Sun, 2002-04-14 at 21:34, madodel@ptdprolog.net wrote:
> Munich Council is actively looking into switching away from Microsoft
> products for what it sees as unfair business practices and is
> investigating a switch to Linux.
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> Er-Hum .... Perhaps someone from IBM Germany, should be paying the
> burgermeister a call ???  OS/2 can ceratinly fullfil the city's
> requirements.
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> While the loss of this revenue will not worry Microsoft unduly, a switch
> to OS/2 could breath a new lease of life into OS/2 Warp. Since Munich, th=
e
> capital of Bavaria is one of the richest cities in Germany and considers
> itself the centre of Information Technology in Germany, wher Munich leads
> others could follow.
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> Even if IBM can't win back this valuable customer, it good to see the tid=
e
> turning against the suspect business practices that continue to be
> executed by Bill Gates Gang of sch***ters.
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> The comments above are my opinion (although shared by many), the data in
> the newspaper article is factual as far as I know.

Except, these days, IBM would probably help them get Linux on their
desks, not OS/2.  But, it would be a good idea if they called.

Have fun (if at all posible),
--=20
The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they
be properly armed.  -- Alexander Hamilton
-- Eric Hopper (hopper@omnifarious.org=20
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