__/ [ Sinister Midget ] on Wednesday 05 July 2006 00:12 \__
> On 2006-07-04, B Gruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
>> On Tuesday 04 July 2006 19:04 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> A bit repetitive, but still...
>>>
>>> Munich Linux 'a reality'
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Under the LiMux project, which commenced in 2004, Munich is migrating \
>>> | 14,000 desktops from Windows to a custom Linux distribution running
>>> | mostly open-source software.
>>> |
>>> | [...]
>>> |
>>> | In 2004 the administration temporarily suspended LiMux because of fears
>>> | that then-pending patent legislation could expose open source users to
>>> | new legal liabilities.
>>> |
>>> | Hofmann also admitted that once the process had recommenced, there
>>> | were further delays, because of difficulties in evaluating the various
>>> | bids for developing and maintaining the platform. But since then
>>> | everything has gone smoothly, he said.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsID=6369&pagtype=all
>>>
>>> The problem was never Linux itself. IP and SCO are now toothless tigers,
>>> too.
>>
>> This must be wrong, Roy?
>> Did I not see a posting in this very group, telling me that Munich had
>> wasted millions on this project?:-)
That must have come from the resident trolls. Gary was the last to spew out
such junk and crossposting that to every kook vacuum on UseNet.
> You've probably seen more than that. Dozens perhaps.
>
> Too bad they were spewed by wooks* who had no way of knowing anything
> at all, much less how things were going.
>
> * W(indows) (k)ooks.
Oh. I wrote the last paragraph before reading what you said. I guess we
thought alike.
W2K - Windows to Kooks.
Best wishes,
Roy
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