Comment on Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source
You’re not thinking about when Microsoft bribed their way into them not switching by opening an office in the area?
This. It was the city of Munich. They had their own linux distro “Munix” and everything. Then the conservative got into power. You know the rest.
Then the conservative party won the election.
that’s the second or third statement in most modern cautionary tales nowadays
Conservative is synonymous with corruption, these days.
I’ve yet to meet a single “conservative” that wants to conserve something, and I’ve already lived more than half of my expected lifetime.
Yeah, it was a political decision, not one based on how well the Linux transition worked.
They used Linux for quite some time productively. It wasn’t a failed transition at all.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
This. It was the city of Munich. They had their own linux distro “Munix” and everything. Then the conservative got into power. You know the rest.
demonsword@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
that’s the second or third statement in most modern cautionary tales nowadays
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Conservative is synonymous with corruption, these days.
demonsword@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve yet to meet a single “conservative” that wants to conserve something, and I’ve already lived more than half of my expected lifetime.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, it was a political decision, not one based on how well the Linux transition worked.
They used Linux for quite some time productively. It wasn’t a failed transition at all.