From: Peter Sawatzki 

I think MS now did another counter bid that is 7 Mio lower.

Peter

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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.
>
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