[plug] Linux & Munich again

[Richard Meyer]

http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030714/5320229s.htm
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
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 Though Microsoft underbid IBM and SuSE by $11.9 million in Munich, city officials were concerned 
 about the unpredictable long-run cost of Microsoft upgrades, says Munich council member          
 Christine Strobl, who championed the switch to Linux. And the more Microsoft discounted, the     
 more it underscored the notion that as a sole supplier, Microsoft could -- and has been --       
 naming its own price, she says.                                                                  
                                                                                                  
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Cheers
RichardM