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____/ JeffM on Sunday 03 Jan 2010 19:01 : \____
> Mark Kent wrote:
>>Presumably, Munich isn't quite so tight for cash that it would find,
>>or indeed, would have found, a quick "gift" appealing
>>
> It was previously noted by Munich
> (after the fire-sale prices offered to them personally by Ballmer)
> that the Linux solution was slightly more expensive initially.
>
> The problems (note the use of the words "legal" and "months")
> of breaking cleanly with existing proprietary junk deployed
> (e.g. SAS and the M$-only bindings which that junk uses)
> shows that Munich made the right decision for the future
> (cost-wise and freedom-wise).
MSNBC (IIRC) said that Ballmer cut his ski trip short and made the boiler room
visit (to Munich) a matter of emergency.
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