From: "Joe Barr" 

On Tue, 27 May 2003 23:51:10 +0100, Adam Flinton wrote:

> But the SDP seem to think that going for linux is more than just a
> commercial decision....
>
> However I'll bet other corp MS customers are watching this with great
> interest & possibly annoyance (esp those who've already signed up to MS'es
> most recent licencing arrangements).
>
> I've never pictured Stevie B as a limbo dancer before.
>
> Adam
>
> Peter Sawatzki wrote:
>> I think MS now did another counter bid that is 7 Mio lower.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> In article ,
>> warthawg{at}austin.rr.com says...
>>
>>>On Mon, 26 May 2003 18:21:46 -0500, Joe Barr wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Mon, 26 May 2003 22:23:30 +0200, Peter Sawatzki wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Joe,
>>>>>
>>>>>seems that Munich, Germany voted for Linux despite
Microsoft making a
>>>>>slightly cheaper offer, which we earlier discussed. The
article talks
>>>>>about a strategic decision:
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-26.05.03-004/
>>>>>
>>>>>Peter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Amazing.  Even after the (reportedly) 90% rebate from Microsoft.
>>>>
>>>>There is a real message there for Redmond.
>>>
>>>It seems the final vote is not until the 28th, so we may be counting
>>>hens before the sheep come home.  And that message to Redmond might be
>>>hurry there is only a few days left for bribes.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>

Little by little the details are emerging.  It's SuSE and IBM bidding
against Microsoft, and evidently there has to be custom work done to SuSE
Linux in order for it to meet the city's needs.  Maybe that is why the
price was so steep.

I wonder if it includes new IBM M50 ThinkCentre desktop machines, which
have "enhanced support" for Linux.







--

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-4