On 2003.07.14 13:00 John Hebert wrote: > Great article! Recommended reading to anyone interested in the business side > of Linux. > > My favorite paragraphs: > > "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. > > "Microsoft's philosophy is to change our software every five years," Strobl > says. "With open-source, it is possible for us to make our own decision as > to when to change our software." > > I think this will be known in the future as The Battle of Munich. ;) > > John Hebert >
Wow, they put that in USA Today. No wonder Balmer dumped a bunch of MS shares when he got back.
