[conspire] Th Germans are at it again.

[Don Marti]

On 11/21/21 17:25, Ross Bernheim wrote:
> Seems one of the German states is going to go open source and Linux. They are going to do it a bit differently than the failed Munich try. (Hopefully commercial sources and friends won’t be able to sabotage the effort this time.)
> 
> https://linux.slashdot.org/story/21/11/21/0231218/a-german-state-is-switching-its-25000-computers-from-windows-to-linux

It's not sabotage. If you're a hardware vendor or run a large IT 
organization, desktop Linux is generally a way to get your MSFT rep to 
call you with a better offer. Linux netbooks got MSFT to offer a much 
cheaper basic MS-Windows version for low end PCs. Previous public sector 
desktop Linux projects got discounted licenses and local investment.

Desktop Linux projects generally don't fail, they're successful on their 
own terms. Expect that this one will bring them a nice discounted MSFT 
Azure cloud deal and some good jobs at a new R&D center before it's 
sacrificed.