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Re: [News] [OSS] Recap: Most German Companies Use Open Source, Linux Printing Trivialised

____/ [H]omer on Thursday 21 June 2007 09:33 : \____

> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> [This was indirectly mentioned before in the form of obscure press releases]
>> 
>> More than half of all German companies use Open Source
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | 80 percent of those surveyed said that the main benefit of Open Source was
>> | that no licensing fees had to be paid. In addition, the companies used OSS
>> | because they found it to be more flexible, because they wanted access to
>> | the source code, because they use open platforms, and because they want to
>> | be independent of proprietary providers such as Microsoft.
>> `----
>> 
>> http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/91447/from/rss09
> 
> That's it - I'm moving to Germany.
> 
> OTOH that'll mean I'll be living in the same country as Hardon Quirk.
> 
> Erm ... OK, forget it.

Maybe you can swap places. He came from Britland/Ireland anyway. Germany does
not need people like him... heck, neither does Scotland. Thank goodness he has
been gone for a while.

-- 
                ~~ Best of wishes

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