[KLUG Members] Linux takes on Microsoft turf in Germany

[Adam Williams]

>http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-931115.html
>"The German government has signed a deal with IBM and Linux company
>SuSE that makes it easier for government offices to use the open-source
>operating system, a move that addresses concerns about relying too
>heavily on Microsoft products."

I wouldn't neccesarily call this "Microsoft turf" as it doesn't really say 
that these are desktop systems. (At least not in the story I read).  From 
what I've seen and read lately the server isn't "Microsoft turf" and they 
are actually getting pummelled in that market.

The Education Department of Australia's Northern Territory plans to deploy 
4,000 Linux desktops is a much more direct hit against M$.  But those are 
still *plans*, and lots of organizations have planned Linux desktops.  And 
like the poem by Robert Burns: "The best laid plans of mice and men gang 
aft aglay".

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