From: "Joe Barr" 

On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 00:24:11 +0200, Peter Sawatzki wrote:

> In article , warthawg{at}austin.rr.com says...
>> On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 20:27:53 +0200, Peter Sawatzki wrote:
>>
>>
>> > Seems MS made also good progress with their Shared Source initiatives
>> > as it made finally a deal with our German government about licensing
>> > of Microsoft products within the government IT world. After making a
>> > deal with IBM on Linux support our government was also able to make a
>> > good deal with MS:
>> >
>> >  http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/jk-10.04.03-007/ (german only)
>> >
>> > Peter
>>
>> Significant savings from the extremely high prices they normally gouge
>> folks for?  Tell us more.  How much of a savings did they get.  And how
>> much freedom did they have to give up to get it?
>
> AFAIK the details were not and will not be disclosed. The "bundestux"
> website also seems to have no further info:
>
> http://www.bundestux.de/presse/10111.html
>
> Peter


That makes it a little more difficult to tell if it is a good deal, doesn't it.


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